Bug 216474 - Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000050
Summary: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000050
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eric Sandeen
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: bzcl34nup
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-11-20 18:02 UTC by Colin
Modified: 2008-05-06 16:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-05-06 16:52:47 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Oops log (16.70 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-20 18:02 UTC, Colin
no flags Details
dmesg boot info (22.12 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-20 18:06 UTC, Colin
no flags Details

Description Colin 2006-11-20 18:02:27 UTC
Description of problem:

2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 threw a kernel panic after a few hours of uptime on a 2x dual
core AMD Opteron 2220SE box with the error:

 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000050

After printing the stack trace it then repeatedly printed an error in
scheduler_tick - presumably every time the scheduler ran - and the box
had to be rebooted.

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

FC5 / 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5

How reproducible:

First time it happened after only a few hours. Now it has been up for
3 days and the problem hasn't reoccurred.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot computer in 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5
2. Let sit idle for a while
3. ???
  
Actual results:

Kernel oops with stack trace of the following. Full output and dmesg in attached
files.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000050 RIP:
 [<ffffffff8025fabb>] memcpy_c+0xb/0x14
PGD 0
Oops: 0002 [1] SMP
last sysfs file: /class/input/input1/capabilities/sw
CPU 0
Modules linked in: ipmi_devintf ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler i2c_isa nls_utf8 ipv6
dm_mod video sbs i2c_ec button battery asus_acpi ac lp parport_pc parport
ohci_hcd ehci_hcd sg ide_cd id
Pid: 2299, comm: gpm Not tainted 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 #1
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8025fabb>]  [<ffffffff8025fabb>] memcpy_c+0xb/0x14
RSP: 0000:ffff8102fe727bf8  EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000050 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000008
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8102fe727c00 RDI: 0000000000000050
RBP: 0000000000000008 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000030
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8102ffe8a000
R13: 0000000000000050 R14: ffff8102ffc4ca80 R15: ffff81030c248078
FS:  00002aaaaaf8fb00(0000) GS:ffffffff80603000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000050 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process gpm (pid: 2299, threadinfo 0000000000000000, task ffff8102fe1e4040)
Stack:  ffffffff8020aecb ffffffff8808d2e6 ffff81000cfa5900 ffff8102ffcd8540
 ffff8102ffcd8540 ffff8102ffcd8540 ffff8102ffcd8540 ffffffff880a9653
 ffff8102ffcd8540 ffff8102ffcd8540 ffffffff880ac1f8 ffffffff880ac227
Call Trace:
Inexact backtrace:
 [<ffffffff8020aecb>] __find_get_block+0x14b/0x172
 [<ffffffff8808d2e6>] :jbd:journal_start+0x8f/0x101
 [<ffffffff880a9653>] :ext3:start_transaction+0x1c/0x48
 [<ffffffff880ac1f8>] :ext3:ext3_delete_inode+0x0/0xd8
 [<ffffffff880ac227>] :ext3:ext3_delete_inode+0x2f/0xd8
 [<ffffffff880ac1f8>] :ext3:ext3_delete_inode+0x0/0xd8
 [<ffffffff8022f5c4>] generic_delete_inode+0xcb/0x149
 [<ffffffff8020d0be>] dput+0x10e/0x12b
 [<ffffffff8021244e>] __fput+0x17d/0x1aa
 [<ffffffff8021a480>] remove_vma+0x4e/0x75
 [<ffffffff80239e64>] exit_mmap+0xcf/0xf3
 [<ffffffff8023bff3>] mmput+0x41/0x96
 [<ffffffff802150f7>] do_exit+0x28c/0x8c3
 [<ffffffff80247b25>] cpuset_exit+0x0/0x6c
 [<ffffffff8022b280>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x42d/0x45d
 [<ffffffff80259eba>] do_notify_resume+0x9c/0x7ae
 [<ffffffff80294499>] signal_wake_up+0x1e/0x2d
 [<ffffffff80294fe9>] specific_send_sig_info+0xa1/0xac
 [<ffffffff80295265>] force_sig_info+0xa9/0xb3
 [<ffffffff802b3b05>] audit_syscall_exit+0x2cd/0x2eb
 [<ffffffff8025c5d0>] retint_signal+0x3d/0x79


Code: f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 90 eb ea 66 66 66 90 66 66 66 90 66
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Expected results:



Additional info:

Comment 1 Colin 2006-11-20 18:02:27 UTC
Created attachment 141675 [details]
Oops log

Comment 2 Colin 2006-11-20 18:06:32 UTC
Created attachment 141676 [details]
dmesg boot info

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 04:49:00 UTC
Fedora apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We're
sorry it's taken so long for your bug to be properly triaged and acted
on. We appreciate the time you took to report this issue and want to
make sure no important bugs slip through the cracks.

If you're currently running a version of Fedora Core between 1 and 6,
please note that Fedora no longer maintains these releases. We strongly
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refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs
for releases which are no longer maintained and closing them.
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If this bug is still open against Fedora Core 1 through 6, thirty days
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 16:52:45 UTC
This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
will not be fixed by Fedora. Therefore we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen thus bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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