linux-kernel - Re: Kernel V5.7-rc1 doesn't boot (EFI?)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjNWkTPvMnhoggNOig98=YvXULnq15Z07rQw-9YyVdx+w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:44:34 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel V5.7-rc1 doesn't boot (EFI?)

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:32 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> That is the quick fix, but Arvind is working on getting rid of
> __efistub_global entirely, and use the right linker foo to put .bss in
> .data.

Oh, that sounds even better. Yeah, a linker script fix to just make
.bss be in the executable is the right thing to do if we have
unreliable loaders.

Thanks,
             Linus