Description of problem: I am experiencing a kernel panic in very similar circumstances to a ticket on the Netfilter bugzilla: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=339 I have a Pentium 4 based system with four Marvell NICs using the sky2 driver. One port is a standard interface for management of the box and two other form a numbered bridge, br0. The third NIC is not used. One bridge interface and the management interface are connected to a small hub. Recently security scanning the management interface using the Qualys vulnerability scanner a kernel panic would occur after only a few minutes of scanning. A little investigation revealed the above bug in Netfilter. So far I have rebuilt by own kernel and applied the fix suggested: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=133 with additional change: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=339#c22 This fixes the kernel panic and the vulnerability scan proceeds to completion. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Redhat Enterprise 4.4. Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.8 SMP. How reproducible: Every time when performing a Qualys vulnerability scan. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run Qualys scan 2. Observe kernel panic 3. Actual results: Kernel Panic Expected results: No Kernel Panic Additional info: If you need any further details such as packet traces etc, please let me know.
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I'm closing this bugzilla as there was no answer to my ping. Feel free to reopen the bug if the problem still occurs.