linux-kernel - Re: [x86, kaslr] BUG: kernel boot hang

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:23:30 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [x86, kaslr] BUG: kernel boot hang

On 01/14/2014 02:33 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> Can you tell me how the initrd for quantal-core-x86_64.cgz was built
> in the qemu instances you're using? It seems like all the failures
> point to a problem with how kASLR is interacting with the initrd.
> 

If kASLR somehow causes the kernel to collide with the initrd that would
be problem...
	
	-hpa


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