It looks like the bug here was in lirc and not the kernel, and based on analysis of the code I think the problem in lirc was fixed some time ago. Setting linux task to invalid.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/603014 Title: BUG in kernel 2.6.35-6: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs