Bug 808075

Summary:	disable_nx should not be in __cpuinitdata section for X86_32
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	16	CC:	gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Tetsuo Handa 2012-03-29 13:53:12 UTC

Description of problem:

load_elf_binary() function is reading "__cpuinitdata" disable_nx
which is no longer valid when accessed from load_elf_binary().

See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-March/019602.html for
original report and
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-March/019608.html for patch.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

2.6.42.12-1.fc15 and 3.3.0-4.fc16 (and presumably also kernel for f17)

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-03-29 14:34:06 UTC

Thank you for reporting this.  The patch does indeed look good.  We'll get this included in the next set of updates.

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-03-29 15:16:09 UTC

The patch has been applied across all branches.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-03-29 23:08:35 UTC

kernel-3.3.0-8.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.3.0-8.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-03-29 23:11:41 UTC

kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-03-30 03:00:24 UTC

Package kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17'
as soon as you are able to, then reboot.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-4888/kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-04-01 00:26:13 UTC

kernel-3.3.0-8.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-04-12 02:58:09 UTC

kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.