ld segfaulted when trying to link a raw binary for x86_64

Here is the command line I used:
    gcc -v --save-temps -static -Xlinker --oformat=binary -Xlinker --format=elf64-x86-64 sample.c
Here is the terminal output:
 Using built-in specs.
 COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.6.real
 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/lto-wrapper
 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
 Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linuxhost=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
 Thread model: posix
 gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-static' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64'
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/cc1 -E -quiet -v -imultilib . -imultiarch x86_64-linux-gnu sample.c -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -fpch-preprocess -fstack-pr -o sample.i
 ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu"
 ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include"
 #include "..." search starts here:
 #include <...> search starts here:
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/include
  /usr/local/include
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/include-fixed
  /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
  /usr/include
 End of search list.
 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-static' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64'
 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/cc1 -fpreprocessed sample.i -quiet -dumpbase sample.c -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase sample -version -fstack-protectample.s
 GNU C (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3) version 4.6.1 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
         compiled by GNU C version 4.6.1, GMP version 5.0.1, MPFR version 3.0.1-p3, MPC version 0.9
 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
 GNU C (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3) version 4.6.1 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
         compiled by GNU C version 4.6.1, GMP version 5.0.1, MPFR version 3.0.1-p3, MPC version 0.9
 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
 Compiler executable checksum: 5dede901e38d49932d3155c3e888bca1
 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-static' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64'
  as --64 -o sample.o sample.s
 COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usrc/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../..lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/
 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-static' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64'
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/collect2 --build-id --no-add-needed --as-needed -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=gnu -static -z relro /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-g1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/crtbeginT.o -L/usr/lx86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib -L/lib/x86_64-linux/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../.. --oformat=binary --format=elf64-x86-64 sample.o --start-lgcc -lgcc_eh -lc --end-group /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o
 collect2: ld terminated with signal 11 [Segmentation fault]

I will attach the original source file that I was trying to compile, as well as the intermediate files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gcc 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 26 21:37:22 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=mul.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LC_NUMERIC=mul.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gcc-defaults
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (10 days ago)