RHEL 8/9: unexplained stack corruption detected on ppc64le due to reading a paca_struct at the incorrect canary offset

Solution In Progress - Updated 2025-05-28T17:06:26+00:00 -

Issue

After upgrading between minor releases of RHEL 8 or 9 on ppc64le, stack corruption is detected, leading to kernel panics.
Performing crash dump analysis may not reveal the explicit culprit.

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