Public bug reported: A user has reported to us the following crash stack trace.
_________________________________________________________________________________________ [415165.417433] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000a3 [415165.417759] IP: [<ffffffffa015e24f>] queue_userspace_packet+0x1f/0x2d0 [openvswitch] [415165.418073] PGD 0 [415165.418161] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [415165.418299] Modules linked in: l2tp_eth l2tp_netlink l2tp_core vhost_net vhost macvtap macvlan xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT dccp_diag dccp tcp_diag udp_diag inet_diag unix_diag veth xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nbd ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi openvswitch gre vxlan ip_tunnel dm_crypt gpio_ich dm_multipath bridge scsi_dh stp llc intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel joydev kvm shpchp sb_edac ipmi_si edac_core acpi_power_meter lpc_ich mac_hid xfs btrfs xor raid6_pq libcrc32c ses enclosure hid_generic crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel [415165.421570] aesni_intel ixgbe igb aes_x86_64 lrw dca gf128mul glue_helper ptp ablk_helper usbhid cryptd megaraid_sas pps_core hid mdio i2c_algo_bit wmi [415165.427942] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu [415165.440183] Hardware name: Cisco Systems Inc UCSC-C240-M3S/UCSC-C240-M3S, BIOS C240M3.2.0.1a.0.042820140036 04/28/2014 [415165.452693] task: ffff882012d01800 ti: ffff882012cfc000 task.ti: ffff882012cfc000 [415165.465847] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa015e24f>] [<ffffffffa015e24f>] queue_userspace_packet+0x1f/0x2d0 [openvswitch] [415165.480003] RSP: 0018:ffff88203fce3b88 EFLAGS: 00010296 [415165.487411] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88203fce3ce8 RCX: ffff88203fce3ce8 [415165.502430] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000e RDI: ffffffff81cdab00 [415165.517448] RBP: ffff88203fce3bc8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 [415165.532701] R10: 0000000000410000 R11: 000000000f9365e3 R12: ffff88203fce3ce8 [415165.548698] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000000000000000e [415165.564653] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88203fce0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [415165.580681] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [415165.588725] CR2: 00000000000000a3 CR3: 0000000001c0e000 CR4: 00000000000427e0 [415165.604495] Stack: [415165.612127] ffffffff81d1ca68 ffff881fbd6c6c00 0000000000000009 0000000000000000 [415165.627360] ffff88203fce3ce8 0000000000000000 000000000000000e 0000000000000000 [415165.642642] ffff88203fce3cb8 ffffffffa015e5a1 0000000000000010 ffffffff81cdab00 [415165.657955] Call Trace: [415165.665405] <IRQ> [415165.665500] [415165.672684] [<ffffffffa015e5a1>] queue_gso_packets+0xa1/0x1f0 [openvswitch] [415165.680015] [<ffffffffa015de7b>] ? ovs_execute_actions+0x2b/0x30 [openvswitch] [415165.694425] [<ffffffffa01607f5>] ovs_dp_upcall+0xe5/0xf0 [openvswitch] [415165.701807] [<ffffffffa016090f>] ovs_dp_process_received_packet+0x10f/0x120 [openvswitch] [415165.716228] [<ffffffffa0166aca>] ovs_vport_receive+0x2a/0x30 [openvswitch] [415165.723591] [<ffffffffa0167391>] netdev_frame_hook+0xc1/0x120 [openvswitch] [415165.730799] [<ffffffff81626892>] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x262/0x840 [415165.737909] [<ffffffff81626e88>] __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60 [415165.744824] [<ffffffff81627a1e>] process_backlog+0xae/0x1a0 [415165.751644] [<ffffffff81627272>] net_rx_action+0x152/0x250 [415165.758248] [<ffffffff8106cc6c>] __do_softirq+0xec/0x2c0 [415165.764694] [<ffffffff8106d1b5>] irq_exit+0x105/0x110 [415165.770968] [<ffffffff81735c26>] do_IRQ+0x56/0xc0 [415165.777058] [<ffffffff8172b32d>] common_interrupt+0x6d/0x6d [415165.783041] <EOI> [415165.783127] [415165.788840] [<ffffffff815d523f>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x4f/0xc0 [415165.794659] [<ffffffff815d5369>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xb9/0x1f0 [415165.800468] [<ffffffff8101d34e>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x30 [415165.806126] [<ffffffff810bf0a5>] cpu_startup_entry+0xc5/0x290 [415165.811862] [<ffffffff810414dd>] start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 [415165.817479] Code: 32 74 04 48 89 71 08 5b 5d c3 66 90 66 66 66 66 90 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 89 f7 41 56 49 89 d6 41 55 41 54 53 48 89 cb 48 83 ec 18 <f6> 82 a3 00 00 00 10 48 89 7d c8 48 c7 45 d0 00 00 00 00 0f 85 [415165.834611] RIP [<ffffffffa015e24f>] queue_userspace_packet+0x1f/0x2d0 [openvswitch] [415165.845643] RSP <ffff88203fce3b88> [415165.851171] CR2: 00000000000000a3 _________________________________________________________________________________________ After analysis we provided a 3.13 kernel patched with commit 1e16aa3ddf863c6b9f37eddf52503230a62dedb3 and 330966e501ffe282d7184fde4518d5e0c24bc7f8. As a result the fairly consistent crash is no longer occuring. We attempted to push the patch through the stable process here http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=143631594021618&w=2 and again http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=143951671004053&w=2 Unfortunately upstream stable has yet to accept these upstream. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Dave Chiluk (chiluk) Status: New ** Tags: sts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1497048 Title: Trusty - Null pointer dereference at queue_userspace_packet+0x1f/0x2d0 [openvswitch] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1497048/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs