Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.11-1.1177_FC4smp How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. sysctl -w kernel.vdso=1 2. 3. Actual results: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000098 printing eip: c014cb5c *pde = 3239d001 Oops: 0000 [#3] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 parport_pc lp parport autofs4 nfs lockd sunrpc dm_mod video button battery ac ohci1394 ieee1394 uhci_hcd ehci_hcd hw_random i2c_i801 i2c_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc e1000 floppy ext3 jbd ata_piix libata sd_mod scsi_mod CPU: 1 EIP: 0060:[<c014cb5c>] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010282 (2.6.11-1.1177_FC4smp) EIP is at install_page+0x6c/0x202 eax: 00000000 ebx: f7fcfa80 ecx: c05cee28 edx: f7353c30 esi: 007ff000 edi: f239cd78 ebp: f239cdbc esp: f4f36e78 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process bash (pid: 2863, threadinfo=f4f36000 task=f6f0cac0) Stack: f7353c30 fffc5ff8 f286f7d4 f286f7e0 00000000 007ff000 f7353c30 f4f36000 f23a1ef8 c0118b38 c16f7660 00000025 00000000 080dfd34 080dfd34 00000004 c0185b9c 00000004 00001812 00000000 f4f36fc4 f2390df8 00000004 00000008 Call Trace: [<c0118b38>] map_vsyscall+0xdb/0x114 [<c0185b9c>] load_elf_binary+0x8fd/0xda4 [<c014d375>] kunmap_high+0x7b/0x9f [<c018529f>] load_elf_binary+0x0/0xda4 [<c0168fd8>] search_binary_handler+0x94/0x22f [<c016937e>] do_execve+0x20b/0x238 [<c0102b0d>] sys_execve+0x30/0x95 [<c0103f4b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Expected results: Additional info: map_vsyscall's use of install_page doesn't mesh with changes to that function. I'm looking into cleaning up the vdso setup, maybe sharing some code for multiple architectures. Will follow up in email.
My fixes now in rawhide kernels seem to make it all happy.