I've also tested newer kernels and they're all susceptible to this (or a similar/related) problem. Sometimes I also see the following stack traces:
[ 125.300088] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000074 [ 125.308050] IP: ma_put+0x25/0x40 [ 125.308551] *pdpt = 000000001b027001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [ 125.309388] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [ 125.309885] Modules linked in: ufs msdos xfs openvswitch nsh nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat nf_conntrack isofs kvm_intel kvm joydev irqbypass input_leds serio_raw sch_fq_codel ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs zstd_compress raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear psmouse virtio_blk virtio_net floppy [ 125.316176] CPU: 0 PID: 1053 Comm: ovs-vswitchd Tainted: G W 4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu [ 125.317585] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.1-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 [ 125.318888] EIP: ma_put+0x25/0x40 [ 125.319428] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 [ 125.319984] EAX: 00000000 EBX: db28ede0 ECX: 000000ff EDX: fffffe01 [ 125.320873] ESI: dc692c00 EDI: dc692c6c EBP: db01fb20 ESP: db01fb1c [ 125.321765] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 125.322531] CR0: 80050033 CR2: 00000074 CR3: 1b9cfac0 CR4: 000006f0 [ 125.323471] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 [ 125.324405] DR6: fffe0ff0 DR7: 00000400 [ 125.325018] Call Trace: [ 125.325447] ipv6_mc_destroy_dev+0x4c/0x80 [ 125.326103] addrconf_ifdown+0x3c9/0x4c0 [ 125.326746] addrconf_notify+0x178/0x970 [ 125.327390] ? find_next_bit+0xa/0x10 [ 125.327999] ? cpumask_next+0x15/0x20 [ 125.328607] ? xfrm_policy_cache_flush+0x12f/0x14a [ 125.329364] ? fib_add_ifaddr+0x170/0x170 [ 125.330031] ? inet6_ifinfo_notify+0xb0/0xb0 [ 125.330718] notifier_call_chain+0x51/0x80 [ 125.331380] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x20 [ 125.332092] call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x25/0x50 [ 125.332954] rollback_registered_many+0x21f/0x390 [ 125.333725] unregister_netdevice_queue+0x74/0xe0 [ 125.334451] internal_dev_destroy+0x32/0x50 [openvswitch] [ 125.335210] ovs_vport_del+0x39/0x40 [openvswitch] [ 125.335917] __dp_destroy+0x90/0xc0 [openvswitch] [ 125.336649] ovs_dp_cmd_del+0x71/0xd0 [openvswitch] [ 125.337406] genl_rcv_msg+0x1fe/0x3a0 [ 125.338074] ? update_curr+0x80/0x240 [ 125.338715] ? genl_rcv+0x30/0x30 [ 125.339257] netlink_rcv_skb+0x6e/0xf0 [ 125.339860] genl_rcv+0x21/0x30 [ 125.340377] netlink_unicast+0x16f/0x200 [ 125.341001] netlink_sendmsg+0x247/0x390 [ 125.341633] ? netlink_unicast+0x200/0x200 [ 125.342309] sock_sendmsg+0x32/0x40 [ 125.342892] ___sys_sendmsg+0x249/0x260 [ 125.343522] ? default_wake_function+0x10/0x20 [ 125.344236] ? pollwake+0x68/0x90 [ 125.344796] ? wake_up_q+0x60/0x60 [ 125.345368] ? current_time+0x39/0x70 [ 125.345983] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x82/0xb0 [ 125.346697] ? __atime_needs_update+0x7a/0x160 [ 125.347407] ? touch_atime+0x2b/0xb0 [ 125.348002] ? __wake_up_sync_key+0x1e/0x30 [ 125.348682] ? fsnotify_grab_connector+0x37/0x60 [ 125.349421] ? fsnotify_destroy_marks+0x10/0xa0 [ 125.350145] ? __fget_light+0x4d/0x60 [ 125.350754] __sys_sendmsg+0x3e/0x80 [ 125.351351] SyS_socketcall+0x185/0x680 [ 125.351981] ? mntput+0x20/0x40 [ 125.352514] ? __fput+0x15f/0x200 [ 125.353082] do_fast_syscall_32+0x7f/0x1e0 [ 125.353754] entry_SYSENTER_32+0x4e/0x7c [ 125.354401] EIP: 0xb7fd5d09 [ 125.354892] EFLAGS: 00200293 CPU: 0 [ 125.355477] EAX: ffffffda EBX: 00000010 ECX: bfb3b210 EDX: 00000000 [ 125.356420] ESI: b7cf8000 EDI: bfb3b288 EBP: 00af8d00 ESP: bfb3b200 [ 125.357367] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b [ 125.358200] Code: ff ff ff 8d 76 00 3e 8d 74 26 00 55 89 e5 53 3e ff 48 4c 0f 88 48 04 05 00 74 0b 5b 5d c3 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 89 c3 8b 40 10 <3e> ff 48 74 0f 88 31 04 05 00 75 05 e8 2a b6 01 00 89 d8 e8 53 [ 125.360908] EIP: ma_put+0x25/0x40 SS:ESP: 0068:db01fb1c [ 125.361728] CR2: 0000000000000074 [ 125.362329] ---[ end trace ce5d2e276f1f9782 ]--- ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Disco) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Juerg Haefliger (juergh) Status: Incomplete ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Cosmic) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1814054 Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ee835a95 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Bionic: New Status in linux source package in Cosmic: New Status in linux source package in Disco: Incomplete Bug description: Booting Bionic i386 in a VM and running the following commands repeatedly: ovs-vsctl add-br test ovs-vsctl del-br test eventually leads to: [ 44.476751] IP: kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x91/0x1d0 [ 44.477299] *pdpt = 000000001ae13001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [ 44.477956] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 44.478340] Modules linked in: dummy openvswitch nsh nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat nf_conntrack isofs kvm_intel kvm irqbypass input_leds joydev serio_raw sch_fq_codel ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs zstd_compress raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear psmouse virtio_blk virtio_net floppy [ 44.483687] CPU: 0 PID: 553 Comm: systemd-network Tainted: G W 4.15.0-44-generic #47-Ubuntu [ 44.484819] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.1-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 [ 44.485865] EIP: kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x91/0x1d0 [ 44.486451] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 0 [ 44.486917] EAX: df719701 EBX: ee835a95 ECX: 0000e8e4 EDX: 0000e8e3 [ 44.487663] ESI: df7197e0 EDI: df401a00 EBP: df7cbda0 ESP: df7cbd78 [ 44.488440] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 44.489103] CR0: 80050033 CR2: ee835a95 CR3: 1f7f7ac0 CR4: 000006f0 [ 44.489918] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 [ 44.490717] DR6: fffe0ff0 DR7: 00000400 [ 44.491265] Call Trace: [ 44.491655] ? seq_open+0x2d/0x80 [ 44.492136] seq_open+0x2d/0x80 [ 44.492602] kernfs_fop_open+0x1a0/0x360 [ 44.493146] do_dentry_open+0x1ac/0x2f0 [ 44.493688] ? kernfs_seq_start+0x90/0x90 [ 44.494258] vfs_open+0x41/0x70 [ 44.494717] path_openat+0x5e0/0x13f0 [ 44.495234] ? dput.part.23+0xcf/0x1e0 [ 44.495761] ? mntput+0x20/0x40 [ 44.496227] do_filp_open+0x6a/0xd0 [ 44.496739] ? __alloc_fd+0x36/0x160 [ 44.497267] do_sys_open+0x1ad/0x2b0 [ 44.497800] SyS_openat+0x1b/0x20 [ 44.498297] do_fast_syscall_32+0x7f/0x1e0 [ 44.498882] entry_SYSENTER_32+0x4e/0x7c [ 44.499450] EIP: 0xb7f0dd09 [ 44.499888] EFLAGS: 00000282 CPU: 0 [ 44.500410] EAX: ffffffda EBX: ffffff9c ECX: bfa5fdc0 EDX: 00088000 [ 44.501244] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: 00088000 ESP: bfa5fc60 [ 44.502078] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b [ 44.502833] Code: 33 87 b8 00 00 00 89 75 dc 89 c3 89 45 e0 8b 45 f0 31 f3 8b 37 64 0f c7 0e 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 bb 8b 75 dc 3b 75 e0 74 0e 03 5f 14 <33> 1b 33 9f b8 00 00 00 0f 18 03 f7 45 ec 00 80 00 00 0f 85 f7 [ 44.505346] EIP: kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x91/0x1d0 SS:ESP: 0068:df7cbd78 [ 44.506250] CR2: 00000000ee835a95 [ 44.506751] ---[ end trace 3c49b27dd79507a3 ]--- [ 44.508624] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ee835a95 [ 44.509508] IP: __kmalloc+0x85/0x220 [ 44.510020] *pdpt = 000000001ae13001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [ 44.510829] Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP [ 44.511307] Modules linked in: dummy openvswitch nsh nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat nf_conntrack isofs kvm_intel kvm irqbypass input_leds joydev serio_raw sch_fq_codel ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs zstd_compress raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear psmouse virtio_blk virtio_net floppy [ 44.517190] CPU: 0 PID: 1854 Comm: journal-offline Tainted: G D W 4.15.0-44-generic #47-Ubuntu [ 44.518478] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.1-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 [ 44.519730] EIP: __kmalloc+0x85/0x220 [ 44.520275] EFLAGS: 00010086 CPU: 0 [ 44.520794] EAX: dfacdbf0 EBX: 00000000 ECX: ee835a95 EDX: 0000e8e4 [ 44.521666] ESI: dae09bf0 EDI: df401a00 EBP: dcaf59fc ESP: dcaf59d4 [ 44.522497] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 44.523215] CR0: 80050033 CR2: ee835a95 CR3: 1cf932a0 CR4: 000006f0 [ 44.523990] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 [ 44.524826] DR6: fffe0ff0 DR7: 00000400 [ 44.525382] Call Trace: [ 44.525768] ? alloc_indirect.isra.14+0x1b/0x40 [ 44.526402] alloc_indirect.isra.14+0x1b/0x40 [ 44.527025] virtqueue_add_sgs+0x208/0x460 [ 44.527610] virtio_queue_rq+0x163/0x310 [virtio_blk] [ 44.528281] blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x74/0x440 [ 44.528913] blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x184/0x190 [ 44.529639] __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x6f/0xb0 [ 44.530252] __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue+0x57/0x60 [ 44.530935] blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x22/0x80 [ 44.531523] blk_mq_sched_insert_requests+0x73/0x80 [ 44.532207] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x1a8/0x220 [ 44.532899] ? __blk_mq_get_tag+0x23/0x90 [ 44.533465] blk_flush_plug_list+0xb9/0x1f0 [ 44.534063] blk_mq_make_request+0x3dc/0x570 [ 44.534700] generic_make_request+0xfc/0x2e0 [ 44.535344] submit_bio+0x67/0x130 [ 44.535868] ? __test_set_page_writeback+0x12c/0x2a0 [ 44.536538] ext4_io_submit+0x40/0x50 [ 44.537082] ext4_bio_write_page+0x208/0x4b0 [ 44.537713] mpage_submit_page+0x8c/0xc0 [ 44.538272] mpage_map_and_submit_extent+0x1fd/0x710 [ 44.538937] ext4_writepages+0x6d8/0x880 [ 44.539486] do_writepages+0x39/0xc0 [ 44.540000] ? rb_erase_cached+0x290/0x360 [ 44.540563] __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xb4/0xe0 [ 44.541207] file_write_and_wait_range+0x55/0xa0 [ 44.541844] ext4_sync_file+0x101/0x3d0 [ 44.542389] ? ext4_getfsmap+0x330/0x330 [ 44.542941] vfs_fsync_range+0x3f/0xb0 [ 44.543490] do_fsync+0x2e/0x60 [ 44.543952] SyS_fsync+0x12/0x20 [ 44.544427] do_fast_syscall_32+0x7f/0x1e0 [ 44.545003] entry_SYSENTER_32+0x4e/0x7c [ 44.545561] EIP: 0xb7ef2d09 [ 44.545988] EFLAGS: 00000282 CPU: 0 [ 44.546480] EAX: ffffffda EBX: 00000020 ECX: 00000002 EDX: 00000000 [ 44.547294] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000006 EBP: 00000002 ESP: b5d401a0 [ 44.548134] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b [ 44.548856] Code: 0f 84 b5 00 00 00 89 75 e4 8b 07 64 8b 50 04 64 03 05 28 91 df da 8b 08 85 c9 89 4d f0 0f 84 53 01 00 00 8b 4d f0 03 4f 14 8b 37 <8b> 01 33 87 b8 00 00 00 89 cb 89 4d e0 8d 4a 01 89 45 dc 31 c3 [ 44.551928] EIP: __kmalloc+0x85/0x220 SS:ESP: 0068:dcaf59d4 [ 44.552865] CR2: 00000000ee835a95 [ 44.553525] ---[ end trace 3c49b27dd79507a4 ]--- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1814054/+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