Hi i notcied in unix_ioctl at the start of most of its functions is it possible for the sock->sk to be NULL ? static int unix_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { struct sock *sk = sock->sk; as there is no test to see if its null it just jumps in and uses its data and could i thave caused this ? ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.2.18. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.2.18/ (default) -m /boot/System.map (specified) No modules in ksyms, skipping objects Warning (read_lsmod): no symbols in lsmod, is /proc/modules a valid lsmod file? Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000001c4 current->tss.cr3 = 01f00000, %cr3 = 01f00000 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<c01880c3>] Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 EFLAGS: 00010202 eax: c18e0684 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00000168 edx: bfffee9c esi: c18e0640 edi: bfffee9c ebp: 0000541b esp: c1ef3f80 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process gnome-terminal (pid: 888, process nr: 47, stackpage=c1ef3000) Stack: c0162d81 c17614e0 0000541b bfffee9c c1713980 c012d7bd c1761440 c1713980 0000541b bfffee9c c1ef2000 00000000 00000000 bfffee58 c18e7e40 c1761440 c0109374 00000004 0000541b bfffee9c 00000000 00000000 bfffee58 00000036 Call Trace: [<c0162d81>] [<c012d7bd>] [<c0109374>] [<c010002b>] Code: 8b 59 5c 8b 44 24 14 89 da e8 73 e9 04 00 eb 06 90 b8 ea ff >>EIP; c01880c3 <unix_ioctl+57/70> <===== Trace; c0162d81 <sock_ioctl+1d/24> Trace; c012d7bd <sys_ioctl+1a1/1bc> Trace; c0109374 <system_call+34/38> Trace; c010002b <startup_32+2b/11e> Code; c01880c3 <unix_ioctl+57/70> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c01880c3 <unix_ioctl+57/70> <===== 0: 8b 59 5c mov 0x5c(%ecx),%ebx <===== Code; c01880c6 <unix_ioctl+5a/70> 3: 8b 44 24 14 mov 0x14(%esp,1),%eax Code; c01880ca <unix_ioctl+5e/70> 7: 89 da mov %ebx,%edx Code; c01880cc <unix_ioctl+60/70> 9: e8 73 e9 04 00 call 4e981 <_EIP+0x4e981> c01d6a44 <__put_user_4+0/18> Code; c01880d1 <unix_ioctl+65/70> e: eb 06 jmp 16 <_EIP+0x16> c01880d9 <unix_ioctl+6d/70> Code; c01880d3 <unix_ioctl+67/70> 10: 90 nop Code; c01880d4 <unix_ioctl+68/70> 11: b8 ea ff 00 00 mov $0xffea,%eax 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable. thanks James -- --------------------------------------------- Check Out: http://stev.org E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:10pm up 24 days, 20:55, 7 users, load average: 2.10, 1.36, 1.09 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/