Index: kernel/arch/amd64/_link.ld.in
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--- kernel/arch/amd64/_link.ld.in	(revision 5b8c75a79324127135a3e17ea30905ab1f698abb)
+++ kernel/arch/amd64/_link.ld.in	(revision 1ccafee9eb7706ba2c3ce30593949116d3e0cce2)
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@
 		*(COMMON);		/* global variables */
 
+		. = ALIGN(8);
 		symbol_table = .;
 		*(symtab.*);            /* Symbol table, must be LAST symbol!*/