This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:
apport-collect 1728771 and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'. If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'. This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: xenial -- 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/1728771 Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Trying to 'cat' a file in an overlayfs. The file is in the lowerdir. I use the attached script to create directories and randomly distributed files. $HOME is ecryptfs. /tmp/ is tmpfs. $ pwd $HOME/Hacking/overlayfs/ $ ./build.sh $ sudo mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=lower/1,upperdir=/tmp/upper/1,workdir=/tmp/workdir/1 overlay/1 $ grep /tmp /proc/mounts tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0 overlay /home/tj/Hacking/overlayfs/overlay/1 overlay rw,relatime,lowerdir=lower/1,upperdir=/tmp/upper/1,workdir=/tmp/workdir/1 0 0 $ ls lower/1/ 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 1k 1l 1o 1p 1q 1t 1u 1v 1w 1x 1y 1z $ ls /tmp/upper/1/ 1e 1i 1l 1n 1u $ ls overlay/1/ 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 1i 1k 1l 1n 1o 1p 1q 1t 1u 1v 1w 1x 1y 1z $ cat overlay/1/1b Killed $ uname -r 4.13.0-16-lowlatency $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial $ apt list linux-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge Listing... Done linux-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge/xenial-proposed,now 4.13.0.16.23 amd64 [installed] $ tail /var/log/kern.log Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380604] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380668] IP: ecryptfs_privileged_open+0x51/0x180 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380686] PGD 20ee07067 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380688] P4D 20ee07067 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380700] PUD 20c455067 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380711] PMD 0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380721] Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380741] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.380755] Modules linked in: overlay hidp scsi_transport_iscsi veth ip6t_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv6 ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 xt_comment xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 ccm xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp bridge ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables 8021q garp mrp stp llc rfcomm bnep binfmt_misc dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio cdc_mbim cdc_wdm cdc_ncm usbnet cdc_acm mii gpio_ich dell_laptop coretemp btusb btrtl btbcm btintel joydev dell_wmi bluetooth dell_smbios dcdbas wmi_bmof sparse_keymap serio_raw ecdh_generic arc4 snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381004] snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core input_leds snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi uvcvideo snd_seq_midi_event videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops snd_rawmidi videobuf2_v4l2 iwl4965 videobuf2_core iwlegacy videodev media mac80211 snd_seq r852 sm_common nand nand_ecc nand_bch bch mtd r592 memstick lpc_ich cfg80211 snd_seq_device snd_timer snd soundcore shpchp mac_hid kvm_intel kvm irqbypass parport_pc ppdev nfsd lp auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace parport sunrpc autofs4 crypto_simd glue_helper cryptd aes_x86_64 algif_skcipher af_alg dm_crypt raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log hid_generic usbhid hid psmouse sky2 ahci nouveau libahci pata_acpi firewire_ohci sdhci_pci sdhci firewire_core Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] crc_itu_t mxm_wmi i2c_algo_bit video ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm wmi Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] CPU: 0 PID: 10087 Comm: cat Tainted: P OE 4.13.0-16-lowlatency #19~16.04.3-Ubuntu Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS M1530 / , BIOS A12 11/19/2008 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] task: ffff8a1167050000 task.stack: ffffa10c010a8000 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RIP: 0010:ecryptfs_privileged_open+0x51/0x180 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RSP: 0018:ffffa10c010abb60 EFLAGS: 00010246 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RAX: ffffa10c010abb88 RBX: ffff8a1167459540 RCX: ffff8a11677ced80 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RDX: ffffffffbeefbe60 RSI: ffffffffbe6999fb RDI: ffffa10c010abb80 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RBP: ffffa10c010abbd0 R08: ffffffffbdd68aa1 R09: ffff8a118a183800 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] R10: ffff8a113175d010 R11: ffff8a113175e278 R12: 0000000000000000 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] R13: ffff8a11677ced80 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8a11cd431710 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] FS: 00007f80f7700700(0000) GS:ffff8a11dfc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] CR2: 0000000000000030 CR3: 000000020d763000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] Call Trace: Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ecryptfs_get_lower_file+0x7d/0xc0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ecryptfs_open+0x71/0x200 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] do_dentry_open+0x1f8/0x320 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? ecryptfs_release+0x30/0x30 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] vfs_open+0x4e/0x80 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] path_openat+0x2a8/0x13c0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? unlock_page_memcg+0x12/0x20 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? page_add_file_rmap+0x58/0x170 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? cp_new_stat+0x156/0x190 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? __check_object_size+0xfc/0x1a0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? __alloc_fd+0xae/0x170 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] do_sys_open+0x12d/0x2a0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] ? do_sys_open+0x12d/0x2a0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1e/0xa9 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RIP: 0033:0x7f80f7245010 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RSP: 002b:00007fff0583f8d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff0583fb38 RCX: 00007f80f7245010 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007fff05840237 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RBP: 0000000000001000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] R10: 000000000000069d R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000004025b0 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] R13: 00007fff0583fb30 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] Code: c2 60 be ef be 49 89 cd 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 45 d8 31 c0 48 8d 45 90 c7 45 a8 00 00 00 00 48 8d 78 20 e8 1f 91 d5 ff <49> 8b 44 24 30 48 89 5d 90 4c 89 65 a0 4c 89 75 98 48 8b 40 28 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] RIP: ecryptfs_privileged_open+0x51/0x180 RSP: ffffa10c010abb60 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.381012] CR2: 0000000000000030 Oct 31 03:11:09 hephaestion kernel: [ 1057.391461] ---[ end trace 1d38ad38c6419426 ]--- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1728771/+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