Bug 526944

Summary:	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers - nvidia.ko contains writeable executable sections
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alex <fhlfibh>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	David Seifert <soap>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	ionen
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info output

Description Alex 2014-10-26 16:19:57 UTC

Created attachment 387458 [details]
emerge --info output

After manual kernel upgrade (3.14.14 to 3.16.5) and "emerge @module-rebuild" the following notification appears:

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 * QA Notice: The following files contain writable and executable sections
 *  Files with such sections will not work properly (or at all!) on some
 *  architectures/operating systems.  A bug should be filed at
 *  http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the issue is fixed.
 *  For more information, see http://hardened.gentoo.org/gnu-stack.xml
 *  Please include the following list of files in your report:
 *  Note: Bugs should be filed for the respective maintainers
 *  of the package in question and not hardened@g.o.
 * --X --- --- lib/modules/3.16.5-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko
-----------------------------------------------------------

Not sure if it's important, but it says a bug should be filed...

"emerge --info" output is attached.

Regards,
Alex

Comment 1 manu 2014-12-19 08:47:12 UTC

Same here when upgrading from 3.16.5-gentoo to 3.17.7-gentoo

>>> Completed installing nvidia-drivers-340.65 into /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.65/image/


 * QA Notice: The following files contain writable and executable sections
 *  Files with such sections will not work properly (or at all!) on some
 *  architectures/operating systems.  A bug should be filed at
 *  http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the issue is fixed.
 *  For more information, see http://hardened.gentoo.org/gnu-stack.xml
 *  Please include the following list of files in your report:
 *  Note: Bugs should be filed for the respective maintainers
 *  of the package in question and not hardened@g.o.
 * --X --- --- lib/modules/3.17.7-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-12-19 14:13:51 UTC

(In reply to manu from comment #1)
> Same here when upgrading from 3.16.5-gentoo to 3.17.7-gentoo

Versions don't fix bugs. Particularly versions of unrelated software that you happen to be compiling against.

Comment 3 Alexander Bezrukov 2016-04-17 22:06:22 UTC

As far as I remember, nvidia.ko makes use of self-modifying code.

Comment 4 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev

2021-03-02 19:59:34 UTC

Can't see this QA notice anymore, closing.