Public bug reported: With the latest Precice kernel, I'm receiving an oops on boot in the asus_wmi module. Here are details from dmesg:
[ 19.317421] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [ 19.317608] IP: [<f8176f09>] asus_new_rfkill+0x99/0xf0 [asus_wmi] [ 19.317770] *pde = 7f096067 [ 19.317847] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 19.317937] Modules linked in: eeepc_wmi(+) asus_wmi sparse_keymap psmouse serio_raw ath cfg80211 snd soundcore snd_page_all oc mac_hid lp parport i915 drm_kms_helper drm atl1c i2c_algo_bit video wmi [ 19.318461] [ 19.318505] Pid: 607, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.2.0-21-generic #34-Ubuntu ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005PE/1005P [ 19.318752] EIP: 0060:[<f8176f09>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 [ 19.318891] EIP is at asus_new_rfkill+0x99/0xf0 [asus_wmi] [ 19.319027] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f25d0f60 ECX: 00010011 EDX: 00070001 [ 19.319183] ESI: 00000001 EDI: f25d0e00 EBP: f1f6bde8 ESP: f1f6bdcc [ 19.319344] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 19.319480] Process modprobe (pid: 607, ti=f1f6a000 task=f36c6500 task.ti=f1f6a000) [ 19.319667] Stack: [ 19.319723] f81760f4 f1f6bdd4 00010011 f8178687 f25d0e00 00000000 f25d0800 f1f6be00 [ 19.319956] f81778ea 00000001 00010011 f25d0e00 00000000 f1f6be20 f8177c68 f25d0800 [ 19.320021] f8137048 f8137048 f25d0800 f8137048 f8137048 f1f6be34 f8177dc6 f1f6be3c [ 19.320021] Call Trace: [ 19.320021] [<f81760f4>] ? asus_wmi_get_devstate_bits+0x24/0x50 [asus_wmi] [ 19.320021] [<f81778ea>] asus_wmi_rfkill_init+0x5a/0x1d0 [asus_wmi] [ 19.320021] [<f8177c68>] asus_wmi_add+0xe8/0x200 [asus_wmi] [ 19.320021] [<f8177dc6>] asus_wmi_probe+0x46/0x74 [asus_wmi] [ 19.320021] [<c1365fd1>] platform_drv_probe+0x11/0x20 [ 19.320021] [<c1364b3d>] really_probe+0x4d/0x150 [ 19.320021] [<c136e219>] ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x49/0xb0 [ 19.321496] [<c1364d7a>] driver_probe_device+0x3a/0x60 [ 19.321496] [<c1364e31>] __driver_attach+0x91/0xa0 [ 19.321496] [<c1364da0>] ? driver_probe_device+0x60/0x60 [ 19.321496] [<c1363eb9>] bus_for_each_dev+0x49/0x70 [ 19.321496] [<c1364971>] driver_attach+0x21/0x30 [ 19.321496] [<c1364da0>] ? driver_probe_device+0x60/0x60 [ 19.321496] [<c136464f>] bus_add_driver+0x17f/0x260 [ 19.321496] [<c1365306>] driver_register+0x66/0x110 [ 19.321496] [<c1366510>] platform_driver_register+0x40/0x50 [ 19.321496] [<c1366541>] platform_driver_probe+0x21/0x80 [ 19.321496] [<c1366bb2>] platform_create_bundle+0x82/0xb0 [ 19.321496] [<f8177d80>] ? asus_wmi_add+0x200/0x200 [asus_wmi] [ 19.321496] [<f817688b>] asus_wmi_register_driver+0x5b/0x70 [asus_wmi] [ 19.321496] [<f813a00d>] eeepc_wmi_init+0xd/0x1000 [eeepc_wmi] [ 19.321496] [<c1001125>] do_one_initcall+0x35/0x170 [ 19.335111] [<f813a000>] ? 0xf8139fff [ 19.335111] [<c108650d>] sys_init_module+0xad/0x210 [ 19.335111] [<c15767f4>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 19.335111] [<c1570000>] ? kzalloc.constprop.11+0x2/0x2c [ 19.335111] Code: 43 04 e8 cb 9d 3c c9 85 c0 89 c6 75 45 89 f0 8b 5d f4 8b 75 f8 8b 7d fc 89 ec 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8b 87 f8 01 00 00 8b 40 24 <80> 38 00 74 a0 8b 57 18 8b 4d 08 8b 45 f0 89 5c 24 04 83 c2 08 [ 19.335111] EIP: [<f8176f09>] asus_new_rfkill+0x99/0xf0 [asus_wmi] SS:ESP 0068:f1f6bdcc [ 19.335111] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 19.391442] ---[ end trace 8ee3ed5482f36dbb ]--- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-21-generic 3.2.0-21.34 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dpwegener 1782 F.... pulseaudio CheckboxSubmission: dbfc43955cad8a844e6f03aa8aff2891 CheckboxSystem: 9c26adf6eed2f681ba41f94dd24c07e4 CurrentDmesg: [ 41.584044] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Date: Sat Mar 31 13:46:53 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2c6ef8e3-a4df-47e5-8a61-0f62b99e57a5 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005PE ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic root=UUID=e51e9d51-95b3-477e-ab92-4de17cfc33c3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/23/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1202 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 1005P dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.chassis.version: x.x dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1202:bd06/23/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005P:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x: dmi.product.name: 1005PE dmi.product.version: x.x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apport-bug i386 kernel-oops precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970286 Title: Kernel oops:BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) module asus_wmi To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/970286/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs