Re: [BUG] missing return thunk: __ret+0x5/0x7e-__ret+0x0/0x7e: e9 f6 ff ff ff

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Aug 25 2023 - 02:33:44 EST


On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 03:52:56PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 08:17:20PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Hey Paul,
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:54:09AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > I hit the splat at the end of this message in recent mainline, and has
> > > appeared some time since v6.5-rc1. Should I be worried?
> >
> > does it go away if you try the latest tip:x86/urgent branch?
>
> Note, this problem is showing up in the 6.1.y branch right now, due to
> one objtool patch not being able to be backported there easily (i.e. I
> tried and gave up.)
>
> 4ae68b26c3ab ("objtool/x86: Fix SRSO mess") being the commit that I
> can't seem to get to work properly, my attempt can be seen here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023082212-pregnant-lizard-80e0@gregkh
>
> Just a heads up as this will start to affect users of the next 6.1.y
> release, and probably older releases, as they are taking portions of the
> "fixes for fixes" but not the above mentioned one.

Hmm, Peter and I are away, I guess maybe Josh might have an idea how and
what to backport to 6.1 to get this sorted out...

CCed.

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