Due to the nature of the data on the machine and the fact that I don't know what apport will send, I'm unable to execute the apport-collect.
# Some data from /usr/bin/crash: KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-78-generic DUMPFILE: dump.201705181342 [PARTIAL DUMP] CPUS: 4 DATE: Thu May 18 13:42:12 2017 UPTIME: 00:16:34 LOAD AVERAGE: 0.21, 0.05, 0.01 TASKS: 547 NODENAME: <my_server> RELEASE: 4.4.0-78-generic VERSION: #99-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 27 15:29:09 UTC 2017 MACHINE: x86_64 (2199 Mhz) MEMORY: 16 GB PANIC: "BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff88042a284000" PID: 0 COMMAND: "swapper/1" TASK: ffff88042a278000 (1 of 4) [THREAD_INFO: ffff88042a280000] CPU: 1 STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC) # crash> bt PID: 0 TASK: ffff88042a278000 CPU: 1 COMMAND: "swapper/1" #0 [ffff88042a283b78] machine_kexec at ffffffff8105c0db #1 [ffff88042a283bd8] crash_kexec at ffffffff8110e572 #2 [ffff88042a283ca8] oops_end at ffffffff81031c49 #3 [ffff88042a283cd0] no_context at ffffffff8106ad35 #4 [ffff88042a283d30] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8106b000 #5 [ffff88042a283d78] bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8106b183 #6 [ffff88042a283d88] __do_page_fault at ffffffff8106b447 #7 [ffff88042a283de0] trace_do_page_fault at ffffffff8106b7f7 #8 [ffff88042a283e10] do_async_page_fault at ffffffff81063ef9 #9 [ffff88042a283e20] async_page_fault at ffffffff81842be8 #10 [ffff88042a283e38] tick_nohz_idle_exit at ffffffff810ff75e #11 [ffff88042a283ed8] cpu_startup_entry at ffffffff810c4736 #12 [ffff88042a283f30] start_secondary at ffffffff810517c4 # crash> bt -f # #9 [ffff88042a283e20] async_page_fault at ffffffff81842be8 ffff88042a283e28: ffff88042a280000 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283e38: ffffffff810ff75e #10 [ffff88042a283e38] tick_nohz_idle_exit at ffffffff810ff75e ffff88042a283e40: ffff88042a283ed0 ffffffff81f38d40 ffff88042a283e50: 000000e797438af0 0000000000004c00 ffff88042a283e60: 000000010002a665 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283e70: 000000000000000a 0000000000000001 ffff88042a283e80: 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 ffff88042a283e90: 0000000000000083 0000000000000083 ffff88042a283ea0: ffffffffffffffff ffff88042a284000 ffff88042a283eb0: 0000000000000010 0000000000010082 ffff88042a283ec0: ffff88042a283ed0 0000000000000018 ffff88042a283ed0: ffff88042a283f28 ffffffff810c4736 #11 [ffff88042a283ed8] cpu_startup_entry at ffffffff810c4736 ffff88042a283ee0: ffff88042a280000 ffff88042a284000 ffff88042a283ef0: ee041b0196f77cc4 a1abbcd2b8b123ce ffff88042a283f00: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283f10: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283f20: 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283f48 ffff88042a283f30: ffffffff810517c4 #12 [ffff88042a283f30] start_secondary at ffffffff810517c4 # crash> dis tick_nohz_idle_exit 0xffffffff810ff74f <tick_nohz_idle_exit+127>: mov %r12,0xa8(%rbx) 0xffffffff810ff756 <tick_nohz_idle_exit+134>: mov %r12,%rsi 0xffffffff810ff759 <tick_nohz_idle_exit+137>: callq 0xffffffff810ff170 <tick_nohz_restart> 0xffffffff810ff75e <tick_nohz_idle_exit+142>: mov 0xd0989b(%rip),%rdi # 0xffffffff81e09000 <jiffies> 0xffffffff810ff765 <tick_nohz_idle_exit+149>: sub 0x78(%rbx),%rdi # lsmod info's Module Size Used by zfs 2813952 5 zunicode 331776 1 zfs zcommon 57344 1 zfs znvpair 90112 2 zfs,zcommon spl 102400 3 zfs,zcommon,znvpair zavl 16384 1 zfs ppdev 20480 0 input_leds 16384 0 shpchp 36864 0 serio_raw 16384 0 i2c_piix4 24576 0 8250_fintek 16384 0 parport_pc 32768 0 parport 49152 2 ppdev,parport_pc mac_hid 16384 0 autofs4 40960 2 ttm 94208 0 drm_kms_helper 155648 0 syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper psmouse 131072 0 drm 364544 2 ttm,drm_kms_helper pata_acpi 16384 0 floppy 73728 0 No idea if this is useful though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691741 Title: Execute NX-protected page - 4.4.0-78-generic - kernel panic Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading from 4.4.0-77 to 4.4.0-78 I started getting kernel panics. The crashes do not happen immediately, but have happened generally after a couple of minutes, sometimes more. After enabling linux-crashdump stuff, I managed to extract this dmesg. [ 995.103846] kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) [ 995.104141] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff88042a284000 [ 995.104407] IP: [<ffff88042a284000>] 0xffff88042a284000 [ 995.104594] PGD 43f20b067 PUD 43f20e067 PMD 42a3da063 PTE 800000042a284163 [ 995.104946] Oops: 0011 [#1] SMP [ 995.105143] Modules linked in: zfs(PO) zunicode(PO) zcommon(PO) znvpair(PO) spl(O) zavl(PO) ppdev input_leds shpchp serio_raw i2c_piix4 mac_hid parport_pc parport 8250_fintek autofs4 ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm psmouse floppy pata_acpi [ 995.107081] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: P O 4.4.0-78-generic #99-Ubuntu [ 995.107299] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.9.3-0-ge2fc41e-prebuilt.qemu-project.org 04/01/2014 [ 995.107573] task: ffff88042a278000 ti: ffff88042a280000 task.ti: ffff88042a280000 [ 995.108070] RIP: 0010:[<ffff88042a284000>] [<ffff88042a284000>] 0xffff88042a284000 [ 995.108637] RSP: 0018:ffff88042a283ed0 EFLAGS: 00010082 [ 995.109116] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 000000e797438af0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 995.109638] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000083 RDI: 0000000000000083 [ 995.110143] RBP: ffffffff81f38d40 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 0000000000000000 [ 995.110665] R10: 000000010002a665 R11: 0000000000004c00 R12: ffff88042a283ed0 [ 995.111182] R13: ffffffff810ff75e R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88042a280000 [ 995.111733] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88043fc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 995.112486] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 995.112978] CR2: ffff88042a284000 CR3: 000000043d246000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 995.113497] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 995.114085] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 995.114612] Stack: [ 995.114965] ffff88042a283f28 ffffffff810c4736 ffff88042a280000 ffff88042a284000 [ 995.116204] ee041b0196f77cc4 a1abbcd2b8b123ce 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 995.117389] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88042a283f48 [ 995.118425] Call Trace: [ 995.118811] [<ffffffff810c4736>] ? cpu_startup_entry+0x176/0x350 [ 995.119293] [<ffffffff810517c4>] ? start_secondary+0x154/0x190 [ 995.119775] Code: ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 3f 28 2a 04 88 ff ff 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <c0> 8c 27 2a 04 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 [ 995.125554] RIP [<ffff88042a284000>] 0xffff88042a284000 [ 995.126088] RSP <ffff88042a283ed0> [ 995.126453] CR2: ffff88042a284000 I've upgraded other machines as well, and only this particular VM shows this behaviour. I have a crash dump, but I haven't looked into the contents yet. Getting the dmesg was already a pain in the behind. The VM this happens on is: - a KVM guest - x86_64, 4 cores - 16gb ram lsb_release: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial lspci says: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] 00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] 00:01.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01) 00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter 00:03.0 Unclassified device [00ff]: Red Hat, Inc Virtio memory balloon 00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device 00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Red Hat, Inc. QEMU PCI-PCI bridge 00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Red Hat, Inc. QEMU PCI-PCI bridge Let me know if there are other helpful details I can provide. If I find out more, I'll update this ticket. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1691741/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp