The current code assign value to info->kernel_version in check_release,
this is too late and buggy. Because in check_release(), it needs call
readmem, however earlier get_value_for_old_linux depends on
info->kernel_version to get correct KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE for MODULES_VADDR
which is used in is_vmalloc_addr_x86_64(). This looks a weird circle.

Since we have export "OSRELEASE=%s\n" explicitly in kernel, we should
always use it to get kernel version. And this breaks above weird circle.
Otherwise MM randomization will come and make it worse.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <b...@redhat.com>
---
 makedumpfile.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
index 21784e8..ce68d61 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.c
+++ b/makedumpfile.c
@@ -1139,12 +1139,6 @@ check_release(void)
                }
        }
 
-       info->kernel_version = get_kernel_version(info->system_utsname.release);
-       if (info->kernel_version == FALSE) {
-               ERRMSG("Can't get the kernel version.\n");
-               return FALSE;
-       }
-
        return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -3832,6 +3826,12 @@ initial(void)
                debug_info = TRUE;
        }
 
+       info->kernel_version = get_kernel_version(info.release);
+       if (info->kernel_version == FALSE) {
+               ERRMSG("Can't get the kernel version.\n");
+               return FALSE;
+       }
+
        if (!get_value_for_old_linux())
                return FALSE;
 
-- 
2.5.5


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