Third party kernel modules fails to load with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 5 or above

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Issue

  • Third party kernel modules fails to load with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update
MODNAME: disagrees about version of symbol putname 
MODNAME: Unknown symbol putname 
MODNAME: disagrees about version of symbol getname 
MODNAME: Unknown symbol getname 
  • Symantec Antivirus fails to load with the following message
symev_rh_ES_XXX.el6_x86_64: disagrees about version of symbol putname
symev_rh_ES_XXX.el6_x86_64: Unknown symbol putname
symev_rh_ES_XXX.el6_x86_64: disagrees about version of symbol getname
symev_rh_ES_XXX.el6_x86_64: Unknown symbol getname
  • Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 and 6.0 complain about symbol disagreements and fails to load. It throws the following message
vxfs: disagrees about version of symbol putname 
vxfs: Unknown symbol putname 
vxfs: disagrees about version of symbol getname 
vxfs: Unknown symbol getname 
  • Tripwire module twnotify fails to load
kernel: twnotify: disagrees about version of symbol putname
kernel: twnotify: Unknown symbol putname
kernel: twnotify: disagrees about version of symbol getname
kernel: twnotify: Unknown symbol getname
  • Getting the following errors trying to run McAfee HIPS 8.0.0.2923 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7
hipsec: disagrees about version of symbol putname
hipsec: Unknown symbol putname
hipsec: disagrees about version of symbol getname
hipsec: Unknown symbol getname

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 5,6,7
  • Kernel 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64

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