Bug 797495

Summary: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Wendell Baker <wendellcraigbaker>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: gansalmon, g.kaviyarasu, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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anaconda crash exhibit #1
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anaconda crash, exhibit #2 none

Description Wendell Baker 2012-02-26 07:00:50 UTC 
Description of problem:

anaconda dies with
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014

A reboot must occur.  The machine does not progress.  This is sporadic.  It occurred 2/5 times.  Which is to say three of the times it didn't happen.  I was able to install Fedora 16 on the equipment.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

this is anaconda off of the repository, so it's 
anaconda-16.25-1.fc16.i686

How reproducible:

2/5 times.  It's got to be a timing thing.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install F16
2.
3.
  
Actual results:

as shown in the picture nearby

Expected results:

F16 installs normally

Additional info:

Fedora 16 was installed on this machine successfully.
Comment 1 Wendell Baker 2012-02-26 07:03:03 UTC 
Created attachment 565850 [details]
anaconda crash exhibit #1

I'm submitting a picture because there's no text access to the box at this early stage in the boot process.
Comment 2 Wendell Baker 2012-02-26 07:04:03 UTC 
Created attachment 565851 [details]
anaconda crash, exhibit #2
Comment 3 Josh Boyer 2012-02-26 16:42:24 UTC 
Do you see this with an updated F16 kernel?  We're on 3.2.7 now.
Comment 4 Wendell Baker 2012-02-28 00:43:32 UTC 
This is a greenfield install aganist a local copy of the vanilla Fedora 16 repository rsync .../fedora-enchilada/linux/releases/16

It which sees
find ./replica/16/Fedora/i386 -name 'kernel*' | sort 
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-debug-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-debug-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-headers-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAE-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAEdebug-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAEdebug-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAE-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-tools-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm
./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-tools-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm


Indeed, I see 3.2 in updates
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/16/i386/

I wasn't working off of updates for the initial installs.  I can.
Comment 5 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:15:44 UTC 
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.
Comment 6 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:17:50 UTC 
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.
Comment 7 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:26:20 UTC 
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.