system_stm32wb0x.c - dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation (CubeIDE, CubeMX)

[MuradV]

Environment:

MCU: STM32WB09KE (Cortex-M0+)

Board: NUCLEO-WB09KE

STM32CubeIDE Version: 2.1.0

STM32CubeIDE Build: 27993_20260219_1630 (UTC)

STM32CubeMX Version: 6.17.0

Operating under Windows 11 Home.

The project previously built successfully before updating CubeIDE @ approx. 23 February 2026. The "Installation History" tab in CubeIDE poorly reflects this update action however.

Toolchain / IDE: STM32CubeIDE

Setup:

In this page, ST generously provides us a .zip folder containing existing application projects that STM32WB0-series users can import, edit, and build directly. Version: 1.4.0.

After extraction, the project "BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator" (inside ..\<unzipped_folder>\STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0\Projects\NUCLEO-WB09KE\Applications\BLE) is what I've been using.

Error: 

After updating CubeIDE, the following output appears on console:

13:43:14 **** Incremental Build of configuration Debug for project BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator ****
make -j16 all 

arm-none-eabi-gcc -o "BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator.elf" @"objects.list" -Wl,--start-group -l:libcrypto.a -l:stm32wb0x_ble_stack.a -Wl,--end-group -mcpu=cortex-m0plus -T"C:\Users\<censored>\STM32CubeIDE\<censored>\WB0_1.4.0_Unzipped_1\STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0\Projects\NUCLEO-WB09KE\Applications\BLE\BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator\STM32CubeIDE\STM32WB09KEVX_FLASH.ld" --specs=nosys.specs -Wl,-Map="BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator.map" -Wl,--gc-sections -static -L../../../../../../../Middlewares/ST/STM32_BLE/cryptolib -L../../../../../../../Middlewares/ST/STM32_BLE/stack/lib -LC:/Users/<censored>/STM32Cube/Repository/STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0/Middlewares/ST/STM32_BLE/cryptolib -LC:/Users/<censored>/STM32Cube/Repository/STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0/Middlewares/ST/STM32_BLE/stack/lib -z noexecstack --specs=nano.specs -mfloat-abi=soft -mthumb -Wl,--start-group -lc -lm -Wl,--end-group
C:/ST/STM32CubeIDE_1.16.0/STM32CubeIDE/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.14.3.rel1.win32_1.0.100.202602081740/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/14.3.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: ./Common/BLE/Startup/cpu_context_switch.o(CPUcontextRestore): Unknown destination type (ARM/Thumb) in ./Drivers/CMSIS/system_stm32wb0x.o

./Drivers/CMSIS/system_stm32wb0x.o: in function `SystemInit':
C:/Users/<censored>/STM32CubeIDE/<censored>/WB0_1.4.0_Unzipped_1/STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0/Projects/NUCLEO-WB09KE/Applications/BLE/BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator/Core/Src/system_stm32wb0x.c:206:(.text.SystemInit+0x26): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

make: *** [makefile:87: BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator.elf] Error 1
"make -j16 all" terminated with exit code 2. Build might be incomplete.

13:43:16 Build Failed. 3 errors, 0 warnings. (took 1s.448ms)

 

Summarised:

Linker fails at ```Unknown destination type (ARM/Thumb) in ./Drivers/CMSIS/system_stm32wb0x.o
dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation```.

Cleaning the project and deleting the Debug folder does not resolve the issue.

Restarting the device and STM32CubeIDE does not resolve the issue.

The issue occurs on an untouched example project.

 

 

Is STM32Cube_FW_WB0_V1.4.0 validated against GNU tools for STM32 14.3.1?

 

Is there something I'm missing?

 

Do feel welcome to request files or more information.

[Mahmoud Ben Romdhane]

Hello @@MuradV 

Let me thank you for posting and welcome to the ST Community.

I am currently checking this behavior, and I will get back to you ASAP.

Thanks.

Mahmoud

 

[MuradV]

To fellow readers and helpers,

 

It was observed that this problem could not be replicated on another device (oop, nevermind, read the Edit below), as the user managed to import the example and build the project successfully.

So it appears, this problem occurs only on my end, how demotivating!

I tried it again.

• I've downloaded the zip from ST, extracted.
• Created a new workspace in STM32CubeIDE
• Imported the desired project.
• Compile... then the same error appears.

I then accessed the .ioc file of the project, and pressed on "generate code", for the sake of debugging and to refresh.

And now, when I try to build the project, the console silently and quickly prints: 

**** Build of configuration Debug for project BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator ****

Nothing to build for project BLE_DirectionFinding_Central_Locator

 I don't understand.

Edit: It appears as though the issue is confirmed to exist by another user. I'll attempt a workaround Mahmoud suggested, to install gcc 13 on CubeIDE 2.1.0 manually and rebuild the project.

Edit: Late edit, apologies, but installing gcc 13 did help. Projects that failed to compile correctly, I accessed their properties, C/C++ Build, Settings, MCU/MPU Toolchain under Tool Settings tab, thereafter changed the GNU tools used. That helped. 

[MuradV]

I'll attach a few files from the project. Let me know if you'd like me to attach more files or info. 

 

[Mahmoud Ben Romdhane]

Hello @MuradV 

 

Let me thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.

The issue has been submitted to the dedicated team under this internal ticket (Ticket Number: 228023).

As WA I recommend that you install GNU Tools for STM32 (13.3.rel1) in STM32CubeIDE 2.1.0, then build the example: BLE_DirectionFinding_Peripheral_Tag.

 

Thanks.

Mahmoud

 

 

[Andrew Neil]

@Mahmoud Ben Romdhane It seems this is due to a change in the GCC assembler?

Solution is to fix the system_stm32wb0x (and system_stm32wl3x ?) sources:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32cubeide-mcus/cubeide-2-1-0-system-stm32wl3x-o-dangerous-relocation/m-p/883259/highlight/true#M41183