diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f70193e3..d1b711bde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Native: clean up stale envelopes after crashes with `SENTRY_TRANSPORT=none`. ([#2049](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2049))
 - `sentry_set_trace` omits `parent_span_id` when the caller does not provide one, instead of serializing it as `null`. ([#2047](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2047))
 - Native/Linux i386: write valid thread stack descriptors to minidumps when stack addresses use the upper half of the 32-bit address space. ([#2054](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2054))
+- Native/Linux: cap ELF metadata section reads when resolving module SONAMEs. ([#2066](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2066))
 - Linux/ARM32: fix builds on 32-bit ARM systems, including 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS installations running a 64-bit kernel. ([#2063](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2063))
 - Guard size arithmetic when parsing envelopes and Linux OS release data, copying slices, and allocating memory during crash handling. ([#2059](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2059))
 
diff --git a/src/backends/native/minidump/sentry_minidump_linux.c b/src/backends/native/minidump/sentry_minidump_linux.c
index 1011b60a6..753a1939d 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/minidump/sentry_minidump_linux.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/minidump/sentry_minidump_linux.c
@@ -1123,45 +1123,25 @@ read_elf_soname(const char *elf_path, char *soname_buf, size_t soname_buf_size)
     }
 
     // Read .dynstr
-    size_t dynstr_size = dynstr_shdr->sh_size;
-    if (dynstr_size > 1024 * 1024) { // Sanity: max 1MB
-        sentry_free(shdr_buf);
-        close(fd);
-        return false;
-    }
-    char *dynstr = sentry_malloc(dynstr_size);
+    char *dynstr = sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(
+        fd, dynstr_shdr->sh_offset, dynstr_shdr->sh_size);
     if (!dynstr) {
         sentry_free(shdr_buf);
         close(fd);
         return false;
     }
-    if (lseek(fd, dynstr_shdr->sh_offset, SEEK_SET)
-            != (off_t)dynstr_shdr->sh_offset
-        || read(fd, dynstr, dynstr_size) != (ssize_t)dynstr_size) {
-        sentry_free(dynstr);
-        sentry_free(shdr_buf);
-        close(fd);
-        return false;
-    }
+    size_t dynstr_size = (size_t)dynstr_shdr->sh_size;
 
     // Read .dynamic entries and find DT_SONAME
-    size_t dyn_size = dynamic_shdr->sh_size;
-    void *dyn_buf = sentry_malloc(dyn_size);
+    void *dyn_buf = sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(
+        fd, dynamic_shdr->sh_offset, dynamic_shdr->sh_size);
     if (!dyn_buf) {
         sentry_free(dynstr);
         sentry_free(shdr_buf);
         close(fd);
         return false;
     }
-    if (lseek(fd, dynamic_shdr->sh_offset, SEEK_SET)
-            != (off_t)dynamic_shdr->sh_offset
-        || read(fd, dyn_buf, dyn_size) != (ssize_t)dyn_size) {
-        sentry_free(dyn_buf);
-        sentry_free(dynstr);
-        sentry_free(shdr_buf);
-        close(fd);
-        return false;
-    }
+    size_t dyn_size = (size_t)dynamic_shdr->sh_size;
 
     DynT *dyn_entries = (DynT *)dyn_buf;
     size_t dyn_count = dyn_size / sizeof(DynT);
diff --git a/src/sentry_elf.h b/src/sentry_elf.h
index cc02022a6..bb80d3f01 100644
--- a/src/sentry_elf.h
+++ b/src/sentry_elf.h
@@ -108,6 +108,34 @@ sentry__elf_has_phdr_size(
 #    endif
 }
 
+#    define SENTRY_ELF_MAX_METADATA_SECTION_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
+
+static inline void *
+sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(int fd, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size)
+{
+    if (size == 0 || size > SENTRY_ELF_MAX_METADATA_SECTION_SIZE) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    off_t file_offset = (off_t)offset;
+    if (file_offset < 0 || (uint64_t)file_offset != offset) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    size_t len = (size_t)size;
+    void *buf = sentry_malloc(len);
+    if (!buf) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET) != file_offset
+        || read(fd, buf, len) != (ssize_t)len) {
+        sentry_free(buf);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return buf;
+}
+
 /**
  * Safely iterate ELF notes in a buffer to find one matching the given type
  * and name. Alignment must be 4 or 8 (per ELF spec, PT_NOTE uses p_align,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_modulefinder.c b/tests/unit/test_modulefinder.c
index cd16a45ac..c48538f80 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_modulefinder.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_modulefinder.c
@@ -84,6 +84,30 @@ SENTRY_TEST(module_addr)
 #endif
 }
 
+SENTRY_TEST(elf_metadata_section)
+{
+#if !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_LINUX) || defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
+    SKIP_TEST();
+#else
+    char tmp_path[] = "/tmp/sentry-native-elf-section-XXXXXX";
+    int fd = mkstemp(tmp_path);
+    TEST_ASSERT(fd >= 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT(write(fd, "test", 4) == 4);
+
+    char *buf = sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(fd, 1, 3);
+    TEST_ASSERT(!!buf);
+    TEST_CHECK(memcmp(buf, "est", 3) == 0);
+    sentry_free(buf);
+
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(
+        fd, 0, SENTRY_ELF_MAX_METADATA_SECTION_SIZE + 1));
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry__elf_read_metadata_section(fd, UINT64_MAX, 1));
+
+    close(fd);
+    unlink(tmp_path);
+#endif
+}
+
 SENTRY_TEST(mmap_file_closes_fd_zero_on_failure)
 {
 #if !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_LINUX) || defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests.inc b/tests/unit/tests.inc
index 78ad34542..824411f05 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests.inc
+++ b/tests/unit/tests.inc
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ XX(dsn_without_url_scheme_is_invalid)
 XX(effective_org_id_resolution)
 XX(elf_find_note)
 XX(elf_header_entry_sizes)
+XX(elf_metadata_section)
 XX(elf_rejects_non_regular_files)
 XX(embedded_info_basic)
 XX(embedded_info_build_id)