Normally, upper tools and scripts are checking if we want to modify the running kernel but not always. Check install and remove operation that affect the running kernel to avoid possible issues. Tested with Fedora 38, Fedora 39, RHEL 9, Oracle Linux 9.3, openSUSE Tumbleweed and openMandrive ROME, using dnf/zypper and rpm tools. cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/package/kernel.spec | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/package/kernel.spec b/scripts/package/kernel.spec index 74542af8cbfe..216514cbf5f6 100644 --- a/scripts/package/kernel.spec +++ b/scripts/package/kernel.spec @@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ ln -fns /usr/src/kernels/%{KERNELRELEASE} %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEA %clean rm -rf %{buildroot} +%pre +if [ $(uname -r) == %{KERNELRELEASE} ];then +echo "same kernel release is running" > /dev/stderr +exit 1 +fi + %post if [ -x /usr/bin/kernel-install ]; then /usr/bin/kernel-install add %{KERNELRELEASE} /lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/vmlinuz @@ -85,6 +91,10 @@ fi done %preun +if [ $(uname -r) == %{KERNELRELEASE} ];then +echo "same kernel release is running" > /dev/stderr +exit 1 +fi if [ -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ]; then new-kernel-pkg --remove %{KERNELRELEASE} --rminitrd --initrdfile=/boot/initramfs-%{KERNELRELEASE}.img elif [ -x /usr/bin/kernel-install ]; then -- 2.43.0