evdi 1.9.1 kernel module fails to load on 5.11.0-38-generic

[janl]

This, as you can see, fails:

  # modprobe evdi
  modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'evdi': Exec format error

This is associated with this kernel message:

  [ 1292.225787] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000ad6f48f0, val ffffffffc15fbdbd

I have also tried the driver provided by displaylink, it results in the same messages. I have since run displaylink-driver-5.4.1-55.174.run uninstall and ensured that that driver is not available to load.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: evdi-dkms 1.9.1-1ubuntu4~21.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-38.42-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Nov 2 11:19:28 2021
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-18 (1567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: evdi
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-09-15 (48 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.