WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c:626 __change_page_attr()

Issue

• RHEL 9.3 guest(with UEFI) running on ESXI reporting below WARNING during boot.

[    0.120325] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    0.120328] CPA detected W^X violation: 8000000000000063 -> 0000000000000063 range: 0x000000000ff06000 - 0x000000000ff06fff PFN ff06
[    0.120334] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c:626 __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
..
[    0.120406] Call Trace:
[    0.120415]  <TASK>
[    0.120418]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[    0.120424]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[    0.120428]  ? __change_page_attr_set_clr+0x4b/0xb0
[    0.120432]  ? __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
[    0.120436]  ? __warn+0x81/0x110
[    0.120428]  ? __change_page_attr_set_clr+0x4b/0xb0
[    0.120432]  ? __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
[    0.120436]  ? __warn+0x81/0x110
[    0.120440]  ? __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
[    0.120443]  ? report_bug+0x10a/0x140
[    0.120448]  ? console_unlock+0xec/0x320
[    0.120453]  ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
[    0.120457]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70
[    0.120459]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[    0.120464]  ? __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
[    0.120467]  ? __change_page_attr+0x2bf/0x2f0
[    0.120470]  __change_page_attr_set_clr+0x4b/0xb0
[    0.120473]  kernel_map_pages_in_pgd+0xcd/0xf9
[    0.120479]  efi_update_mappings+0x36/0x95
[    0.120482]  efi_memattr_apply_permissions+0x226/0x27f
[    0.120487]  ? __pfx_efi_update_mem_attr+0x10/0x10
[    0.120490]  ? efi_free_boot_services+0x231/0x269
[    0.120493]  __efi_enter_virtual_mode+0x1bc/0x1eb
[    0.120496]  efi_enter_virtual_mode+0x34/0x3e
[    0.120498]  start_kernel+0x42b/0x4c2
[    0.120502]  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xe5/0xeb
[    0.120507]  </TASK>
[    0.120509] ---[ end trace 8728f3f24e5d439a ]---