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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1749084 +++

Livepatch kernel module ELF files may be constructed with relocation sections that target the same ELF (usually .text) section.  This was reported upstream:

  https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24456

with a workaround to stop the BFD library from failing when encountering the second set of relocs for the same section:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=a7ba389645d178c43100ec47e513389ae8bf8f93

Without this workaround, it may be difficult to debug livepatch / kernel bugs as client programs like objdump cannot process livepatch kernel modules.  See bz-1733816 for example.

Note that this affects serviceability by Red Hat rather than the customer livepatch experience (customers are not expected to run such utilities against livepatch kernel modules).

--- Additional comment from Joe Lawrence on 2019-09-04 20:11:02 UTC ---

Fixed in: binutils-2.27-42.base.el7

Verified with binutils-2.27-42.base.el7.

objdump -p livepatch-annotated-sample.ko
objdump: livepatch-annotated-sample.ko: warning: multiple relocation sections for section .text found - ignoring all but the first

livepatch-annotated-sample.ko:     file format elf64-x86-64

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1156