lirc not working / kernel bug

[swobu]

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

My philips MCE USB receiver (mceusb device) does not work with Lirc. System is ubuntu 12.04-mini.

lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0471:060c Philips (or NXP) Consumer Infrared Transceiver (HP)

Running irw does nothing, running it a second time gives "Connection refused".

xbmc@Media-PC:~$ irw
xbmc@Media-PC:~$ irw
connect: Connection refused

After the first irw, lirc is already 'hanging'! Restarting the lirc service at this point will hang the terminal which you will try to run it from.
Sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc will also hang the terminal plus give a dpkg-configure -a error on next boot.
On reboot the system will hang as well, only option being REISUB.

syslog after running irw twice:

Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC lircd-0.9.0[1963]: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967430] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967447] IP: [< (null)>] (null)
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967455] PGD 1284f8067 PUD 125b54067 PMD 0
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967466] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967474] CPU 1
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967477] Modules linked in: rc_imon_pad(O) imon(O) rfcomm bnep bluetooth joydev vesafb snd_hda_codec_hdmi stv6110x(O) lnbp21(O) hid_apple usbhid hid stv090x(O) ir_sanyo_decoder(O) ir_lirc_codec(O) lirc_dev(O) ir_mce_kbd_decoder(O) ir_sony_decoder(O) ir_jvc_decoder(O) ppdev ir_rc6_decoder(O) snd_hda_codec_via ir_rc5_decoder(O) ir_nec_decoder(O) rc_rc6_mce(O) snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm mceusb(O) rc_core(O) parport_pc psmouse serio_raw snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi k10temp sp5100_tco snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq i2c_piix4 edac_core edac_mce_amd fglrx(P) snd_timer snd_seq_device mac_hid snd ngene(O) wmi dvb_core(O) soundcore cxd2099(O) snd_page_alloc shpchp lp parport pata_atiixp r8169 firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967583]
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967590] Pid: 1963, comm: lircd Tainted: P O 3.2.0-55-generic #85-Ubuntu System manufacturer System Product Name/M4A785TD-M EVO
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967602] RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [< (null)>] (null)
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967611] RSP: 0018:ffff880125b5dba0 EFLAGS: 00010246
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967617] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880124cad000 RCX: 000000000f900000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967623] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880124cad000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967628] RBP: ffff880125b5dbc8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967634] R10: ffff88012888df00 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: ffff880124cad2c8
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967639] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff880106107c00 R15: ffffffffa0507040
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967647] FS: 00007fba68b1b740(0000) GS:ffff88012fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967653] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967658] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001284e4000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967664] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967670] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967677] Process lircd (pid: 1963, threadinfo ffff880125b5c000, task ffff88012483dc00)
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967682] Stack:
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967686] ffffffffa047a129 ffff880125b5dbc8 00000000fffffff0 ffff88012726b100
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967698] ffff880124b6cff8 ffff880125b5dc28 ffffffffa04f336f ffff880125b5dc64
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967709] ffffffff8117e060 0000000000000000 000000000f900000 ffff880124ff9001
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967720] Call Trace:
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967737] [<ffffffffa047a129>] ? rc_open+0x69/0x90 [rc_core]
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967749] [<ffffffffa04f336f>] lirc_dev_fop_open+0xbf/0x240 [lirc_dev]
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967762] [<ffffffff8117e060>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967773] [<ffffffff8117eaa9>] chrdev_open+0xd9/0x250
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967782] [<ffffffff811781c0>] __dentry_open+0x2b0/0x380
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967791] [<ffffffff8117e9d0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967800] [<ffffffff8129fe4c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967810] [<ffffffff81185f7a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967818] [<ffffffff8117883d>] vfs_open+0x3d/0x40
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967826] [<ffffffff81179740>] nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967835] [<ffffffff811887b8>] do_last+0x3f8/0x730
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967843] [<ffffffff81189e91>] path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967853] [<ffffffff8118a2d2>] do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967862] [<ffffffff8131c751>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967870] [<ffffffff8118561a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967880] [<ffffffff816611ce>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967889] [<ffffffff811975f7>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967898] [<ffffffff81179848>] do_sys_open+0xf8/0x240
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967906] [<ffffffff811799b0>] sys_open+0x20/0x30
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967915] [<ffffffff81669802>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967921] Code: Bad RIP value.
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967931] RIP [< (null)>] (null)
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967938] RSP <ffff880125b5dba0>
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967942] CR2: 0000000000000000
Nov 2 15:49:49 Media-PC kernel: [ 243.967948] ---[ end trace 09c684bac2ebb775 ]---

dmesg | grep lirc
[ 2.382802] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249
[ 2.388486] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 0

So far I tried:
Blacklisting my unused imon modules ( in case they conflict, but it makes no difference)
Trying a whole lot of kernels; 3.5 and 3.8 for 12.04 LTS (linux-image-generic-lts-quantal and raring).

UPDATE!: Still the same problem, even in 3.12.0

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[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

This is a kernel crash and should be re-assigned to the kernel package

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1247410

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'.

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