Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.17
Randomly, the kernel produces an "oops". I have found no way to reproduce. Here is the info from kernel log: Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] printing eip: Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] c02306e1 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] *pde = 00000000 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Oops: 0000 [#1] Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] SMP Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Modules linked in: ipv6 fglrx agpgart cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ond emand cpufreq_conservative video tc1100_wmi sbs sony_acpi pcc_acpi i2c_ec hotkey dev_acpi button battery container ac asus_acpi af_packet nls_utf8 ntfs fuse sbp2 parport_pc lp parport dvb_usb_vp7045 dvb_usb dvb_core i2c_core r8187 dvb_pll tsdev sk98lin ieee80211_rtl snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec ati_remote sky2 snd _pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm sg psmouse snd_timer serio_raw snd soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug floppy evdev pcspkr usbhid ext3 jbd ehci_hcd oh ci1394 ieee1394 uhci_hcd usbcore ide_generic jmicron sd_mod ahci libata scsi_mod ide_disk ide_cd cdrom piix generic thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] CPU: 1 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] EIP: 0060:[getkeycode+97/128] Tainted: P VLI Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.17-10-generic #2) Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] EIP is at getkeycode+0x61/0x80 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: f6482000 edx: c037a364 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] esi: f616a000 edi: f7cce600 ebp: 00004b4c esp: f561be20 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Process dumpkeycodes (pid: 4921, threadinfo=f561a000 task=c23e7560) Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Stack: 00000006 c022d1b0 00000001 ffffffff 00000000 05b6719b c048a13e 00000001 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] 00000001 dfab2140 c0187464 00000000 dfab2140 c220d2a0 c017b0a1 f659e000 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] c220d2a0 dfab2140 00000000 dff7417c c1fc9aa0 00000000 00000000 c022c0b0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Call Trace: Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c022d1b0> vt_ioctl+0x1100/0x1830 <c0187464> mntput_no_expire+0x24/0xa0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c017b0a1> link_path_walk+0x71/0xf0 <c022c0b0> vt_ioctl+0x0/0x1830 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c0227505> tty_ioctl+0x105/0xe50 <c0168c23> get_unused_fd+0x53/0xc0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c0122759> release_console_sem+0x199/0x1f0 <c0233a79> con_open+0x29/0xa0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c014ba30> find_get_page+0x20/0x50 <c014ebf3> filemap_nopage+0x2f3/0x3a0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c0158f41> __handle_mm_fault+0x211/0x900 <c0168f25> nameidata_to_filp+0x35/0x40 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c017d638> do_ioctl+0x78/0x90 <c017d6ac> vfs_ioctl+0x5c/0x2b0 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] <c017d972> sys_ioctl+0x72/0x90 <c0102fbb> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x79 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] Code: ff 76 19 8b 81 90 00 00 00 83 f8 01 74 17 83 f8 02 74 1e 8b 81 94 00 00 00 8b 04 98 5b c3 5b b8 ed ff ff ff c3 8b 81 94 00 00 00 <0f> b6 04 18 5b c3 8b 81 94 00 00 00 0f b7 04 58 5b c3 8d b6 00 Jan 24 17:09:08 gein kernel: [17179603.284000] EIP: [getkeycode+97/128] getkeycode+0x61/0x80 SS:ESP 0068:f561be20 ** Affects: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Kernel sometimes "oops" https://launchpad.net/bugs/81299 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs