"local symbol in global part of symbol table" error when building an Android app with opencv on arm64-v8a

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I'm trying to build my Android app with custom native c++ code and OpenCV 3.4.16. I need to stay on 3.4.x for now since I'm using some deprecated modules that are gone in 4.x

The build and app work fine on all ABIs except arm64-v8a and unfortunately, I've been banging my head off a wall for the last couple of weeks to try to make this work with no avail.

I already tried everything here: "local symbol '__bss_start' in global part of symbol table" only in Android NDK aarch64 build

...and most of the other similar issues on SO have been answered for a long time.

Here are some relevant parts of my gradle.build:

android {
    buildToolsVersion buildToolsVersion
// tried all these NDK versions
//    ndkVersion = "25.2.9519653"
//    ndkVersion = "21.4.7075529"
//    ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
    ndkVersion = "22.1.7171670"
//    ndkVersion = "16.1.4479499"

...

    defaultConfig {
        ...
        externalNativeBuild {
            cmake {
                cppFlags "-std=c++11 -frtti -fexceptions -fuse-ld=lld"
                abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
            }
        }
        ...
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    }
    externalNativeBuild {
        cmake {
            path "CMakeLists.txt"
            version '3.18.1+'
        }
    }
...

Here's my CMakeLists.txt based on the OpenCV setup instructions:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4.1)
set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)

# OpenCV stuff
include_directories(../../../OpenCV-android-sdk/sdk/native/jni/include)
add_library( lib_opencv SHARED IMPORTED )
set_target_properties(lib_opencv PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/jniLibs/${ANDROID_ABI}/libopencv_java3.so)

add_library( # Sets the name of the library.
             native-lib

             # Sets the library as a shared library.
             SHARED

             # Provides a relative path to your source file(s).
             # Associated headers in the same location as their source
             # file are automatically included.
             src/main/cpp/native-lib.cpp
             src/main/cpp/MyCustomModule.cpp)

find_library( # Sets the name of the path variable.
              log-lib

              # Specifies the name of the NDK library that
              # you want CMake to locate.
              log )

target_link_libraries( # Specifies the target library.
                       native-lib

                       # OpenCV lib
                       lib_opencv

                       # Links the target library to the log library
                       # included in the NDK.
                       ${log-lib} )

The error I'm getting (only on arm64 builds):

C/C++: ld.lld: error: found local symbol '__bss_start' in global part of symbol table in file /Users/myUser/AndroidApp/android/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libopencv_java3.so

OpenCV releases come with the arm64-v8a library already built, but it seems that the symbol table is not configured properly based on the error I'm seeing. I tried to find more information about this in their community but I reach a dead-end all the time.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem and managed to fix the issue?

Some info about my environment:

MacOS 13.1
Android Studio - Electric Eel Patch 2
Cmake 3.22.1
Tried NDK 21, 22, 23, 25, 16(my app doesn't support this)

"local symbol in global part of symbol table" error when building an Android app with opencv on arm64-v8a

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