Kernel crashes in presence of dirtycow mitigation systemtap module

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The kernel crashes as soon as dirtycow_*.ko kernel module is loaded.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
  • seen on the kernel version 2.6.32-696.30.1.el6.x86_64

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