diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 12b279ea66..73f5eaf100 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/azr3.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/bash-completion-directories.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/bcftools-regidx-unsigned-char.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 20f5ab7de6..7b5b5f87d7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -393,15 +393,16 @@ (define-public gnu-make
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.28.1")
+   (version "2.29.1")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1sj234nd05cdgga1r36zalvvdkvpfbr12g5mir2n8i1dwsdrj939"))
-            (patches (search-patches "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch"
+              "1k2mziqn0pbxpxnkwxrl824xnmivcqdkb0insap71yv92gsdy28m"))
+            (patches (search-patches "binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch"
+                                     "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch"
                                      "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccf3d3570e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/25/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_bfd_x86_elf_get_synthetic_symtab-elfxx-x86-c/
+
+this patch is modified slightly to apply to our binutils
+
+From 56933f9e3e90eebf1018ed7417d6c1184b91db6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:15:40 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] x86: Guard against corrupted PLT
+
+There should be only one entry in PLT for a given symbol.  Set howto to
+NULL after processing a PLT entry to guard against corrupted PLT so that
+the duplicated PLT entries are skipped.
+
+	PR binutils/22170
+	 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab): Guard against
+	 corrupted PLT.
+	 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab): Likewise.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 61e3bf5f83f7e505b6bc51ef65426e5b31e6e360)
+---
+ bfd/ChangeLog      | 7 +++++++
+ bfd/elf32-i386.c   | 4 ++++
+ bfd/elf64-x86-64.c | 4 ++++
+ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/bfd/elf32-i386.c b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
+index 9dc2d25..ba50c93 100644
+--- a/bfd/elf32-i386.c
++++ b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
+@@ -6616,6 +6616,10 @@ bad_return:
+ 		  size += sizeof ("+0x") - 1 + 8;
+ 		n++;
+ 		s++;
++		/* There should be only one entry in PLT for a given
++		   symbol.  Set howto to NULL after processing a PLT
++		   entry to guard against corrupted PLT.  */
++		p->howto = NULL;
+ 	      }
+ 	    offset += plt_entry_size;
+ 	  }
+diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+index 558db98..d9225ad 100644
+--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
++++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+@@ -6970,6 +6970,10 @@ bad_return:
+ 		  size += sizeof ("+0x") - 1 + 8 + 8 * ABI_64_P (abfd);
+ 		n++;
+ 		s++;
++		/* There should be only one entry in PLT for a given
++		   symbol.  Set howto to NULL after processing a PLT
++		   entry to guard against corrupted PLT.  */
++		p->howto = NULL;
+ 	      }
+ 	    offset += plt_entry_size;
+ 	  }
+-- 
+2.9.3
+