diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
index 5058dd3675..99a6608938 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
@@ -821,6 +821,37 @@ describe("export inventory review regressions", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it.each([32, 64] as const)(
+    "rejects nonzero reserved fields in the ELF%s null symbol",
+    (bits) => {
+      for (const little of [true, false]) {
+        // ELF32/64 symbol records have no padding: every field in entry zero
+        // is reserved as zero by the ABI, independently of host endianness.
+        const width = bits === 64 ? 24 : 16;
+        for (let byte = 0; byte < width; byte++) {
+          const bytes = elfExportImage({
+            bits,
+            little,
+            symbols: [{ name: "kept_export" }],
+          });
+          bytes[0x100 + byte] = 1;
+          expect(() => parseNativeExports(bytes, artifact)).toThrow(
+            BinaryFormatFailure,
+          );
+        }
+        expect(
+          parse(
+            elfExportImage({
+              bits,
+              little,
+              symbols: [{ name: "kept_export" }],
+            }),
+          ).exports.map(({ name }) => name),
+        ).toEqual(["kept_export"]);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
   it("rejects a dynamic symbol table without its null entry", () => {
     expect(() =>
       parseNativeExports(
diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
index 4dcceb67b5..fc32975e76 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
@@ -624,6 +624,13 @@ function* parseElfExports(
     width,
     "ELF dynamic symbols",
   );
+  // Entry zero is the reserved STN_UNDEF record. Skipping it is valid only
+  // after every field is observed as zero; neither ELF layout has padding.
+  if (bytes.subarray(table, table + width).some((byte) => byte !== 0))
+    throw new BinaryFormatFailure(
+      "malformed",
+      "ELF dynamic symbol table null entry has nonzero fields",
+    );
   const nameRange = reader.fileRange(
     strings.offset,
     strings.size,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsDynamicSegment.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsDynamicSegment.test.ts
index a3bfe3aaac..f225d179d9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsDynamicSegment.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsDynamicSegment.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { expect } from "vitest";
 import { toolContract } from "../../../src/contracts/toolContracts.js";
 import { nativeExportsSchema } from "../../../src/domain/native/nativeExports.js";
 import { elfExportImage } from "../../fixtures/binaryDiagnostics/nativeExports.js";
+import { parseMcpToolError } from "../../fixtures/mcpToolError.js";
 import { connectLocalToolsMcp } from "../../fixtures/localToolsMcp.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
 import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
@@ -67,3 +68,69 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
     }
   },
 );
+
+cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
+  "rejects a non-null reserved ELF symbol through %s",
+  async (surface, { cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-elf-null-symbol-");
+    const mcp =
+      surface === "stdio MCP" ? await connectLocalToolsMcp() : undefined;
+    for (const encoding of [
+      { bits: 64, little: true },
+      { bits: 32, little: false },
+    ] as const) {
+      const path = join(root, `exports-${encoding.bits}.so`);
+      const bytes = elfExportImage({
+        ...encoding,
+        symbols: [{ name: "kept_export" }],
+      });
+      // The authored fixture's dynamic symbol table starts at file offset 0x100.
+      bytes[0x100] = 1;
+      await writeFile(path, bytes);
+      let error: unknown;
+      if (surface === "CLI") {
+        const response = await cli.run({
+          arguments: ["inspect-native-exports", path, "--json"],
+        });
+        expect(response.exitCode).toBe(1);
+        error = response.json;
+      } else {
+        const response = await mcp!.call("inspect_native_exports", { path });
+        expect(response.isError).toBe(true);
+        error = parseMcpToolError(response).error;
+      }
+      expect(error).toMatchObject({
+        code: "invalid_request",
+        details: {
+          issues: [
+            {
+              path: ["path"],
+              reason: "invalid_format",
+              message: expect.stringContaining("null entry"),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+      expect(Buffer.compare(await readFile(path), bytes)).toBe(0);
+      bytes[0x100] = 0;
+      await writeFile(path, bytes);
+      const document =
+        surface === "CLI"
+          ? (
+              await cli.run({
+                arguments: ["inspect-native-exports", path, "--json"],
+              })
+            ).json
+          : (await mcp!.call("inspect_native_exports", { path }))
+              .structuredContent;
+      const evidence = toolContract(
+        "inspect_native_exports",
+      ).outputSchema.parse(document);
+      expect(
+        nativeExportsSchema
+          .parse(evidence.normalized_result)
+          .exports.map(({ name }) => name),
+      ).toEqual(["kept_export"]);
+    }
+  },
+);