diff --git a/src/elf_parser/mod.rs b/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
index 7cafa4e31..2351aa579 100644
--- a/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pub enum ElfParserError {
     /// Section or symbol name is not UTF8 or too long
     #[error("invalid string")]
     InvalidString,
+    /// Section or symbol name is too long
+    #[error("Section/symbol name size `{0}` longer than `{1}` bytes.")]
+    InvalidStringTooLong(String, usize),
     /// An index or memory range does exeed its boundaries
     #[error("value out of bounds")]
     OutOfBounds,
@@ -392,11 +395,15 @@ impl<'a> Elf64<'a> {
             .elf_bytes
             .get(string_range)
             .ok_or(ElfParserError::OutOfBounds)?;
+        let string_bytes_unparsed = match String::from_utf8(unterminated_string_bytes.to_vec()) {
+            Ok(x) => x,
+            Err(_) => ElfParserError::InvalidString.to_string(),
+        };
         unterminated_string_bytes
             .iter()
             .position(|byte| *byte == 0x00)
             .and_then(|string_length| unterminated_string_bytes.get(0..string_length))
-            .ok_or(ElfParserError::InvalidString)
+            .ok_or(ElfParserError::InvalidStringTooLong(string_bytes_unparsed, maximum_length))
     }
 
     /// Returns the string corresponding to the given `sh_name`
diff --git a/src/elf_parser_glue.rs b/src/elf_parser_glue.rs
index 687402cd2..e7502bd6c 100644
--- a/src/elf_parser_glue.rs
+++ b/src/elf_parser_glue.rs
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ impl From<ElfParserError> for ElfError {
         match err {
             ElfParserError::InvalidSectionHeader
             | ElfParserError::InvalidString
+            | ElfParserError::InvalidStringTooLong(_, _)
             | ElfParserError::InvalidSize
             | ElfParserError::Overlap
             | ElfParserError::SectionNotInOrder
diff --git a/tests/elfs/long_section_name.so b/tests/elfs/long_section_name.so
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..76f4f1417
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/elfs/long_section_name.so differ
diff --git a/tests/execution.rs b/tests/execution.rs
index ddc30ab86..5490777ce 100644
--- a/tests/execution.rs
+++ b/tests/execution.rs
@@ -2208,6 +2208,18 @@ fn test_relative_call() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = r#"called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: ElfError(FailedToParse("Section/symbol name size `.bss.__rust_no_a` longer than `16` bytes."))"#)]
+fn test_long_section_name() {
+    test_interpreter_and_jit_elf!(
+        "tests/elfs/long_section_name.so",
+        [1],
+        (),
+        TestContextObject::new(18),
+        ProgramResult::Err(EbpfError::ElfError(solana_rbpf::elf_parser::ElfParserError::InvalidStringTooLong(".bss.__rust_no_a".to_string(), 16).into())),
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_bpf_to_bpf_scratch_registers() {
     test_interpreter_and_jit_asm!(