Standard load address for a Win32 program (0x00400000) not available

[Per Wigren]

Hi!

I'm trying to run Streambox VCR, but I get this error:

err:win32:do_relocations Standard load address for a Win32 program 
(0x00400000) not available - security-patched kernel ?
wine: could not load 'F:\x\vcr.exe' as Win32 binary

I DO have some security-patches in the kernel.. If that is the problem, what 
patches should I disable?

Regards
Per Wigren

[Shachar Shemesh]

For me the problem happened when I used the grsecurity patch for 2.4. It 
appears that, in an attempt to block some exploits, the patch will use 
that address for glibc, thus making it unavailable for normal load 
(quoting Alexander's reply to my query). This should not, normally, pose 
a problem, unless you are using some special case program.

In my case, there was a problem with IDA pro, implementing some 
anti-reverse engineering techniques, that caused it to depend on this 
load address in order to work. Is there any program that is actually 
causing you problems?

Shachar

Per Wigren wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to run Streambox VCR, but I get this error:
>
> err:win32:do_relocations Standard load address for a Win32 program 
> (0x00400000) not available - security-patched kernel ?
> wine: could not load 'F:\x\vcr.exe' as Win32 binary
>
> I DO have some security-patches in the kernel.. If that is the problem, what 
> patches should I disable?
>
> Regards
> Per Wigren

[Per Wigren]

Yes, Streambox VCR didn't work with the openwall patch from grsecurity. It 
worked fine when I disabled openwall and recompiled the kernel...

// Per

Monday 23 September 2002 12.14 skrev Shachar Shemesh:
> For me the problem happened when I used the grsecurity patch for 2.4. It
> appears that, in an attempt to block some exploits, the patch will use
> that address for glibc, thus making it unavailable for normal load
> (quoting Alexander's reply to my query). This should not, normally, pose
> a problem, unless you are using some special case program.
>
> In my case, there was a problem with IDA pro, implementing some
> anti-reverse engineering techniques, that caused it to depend on this
> load address in order to work. Is there any program that is actually
> causing you problems?
>         Shachar
>
> Per Wigren wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm trying to run Streambox VCR, but I get this error:
> >
> > err:win32:do_relocations Standard load address for a Win32 program
> > (0x00400000) not available - security-patched kernel ?
> > wine: could not load 'F:\x\vcr.exe' as Win32 binary
> >
> > I DO have some security-patches in the kernel.. If that is the problem,
> > what patches should I disable?
> >
> > Regards
> > Per Wigren