Chromium browser triggers PAE kernel bug: "Corrupted page table at address"

[gcc]

This bug has been reported upstream and addressed in Debian.

I found it while running the upstream kernel 3.6.0-030600rc6-generic, but since it was fixed in 3.9, it almost certainly applies to the stock Precise kernel as well. It's rare and not easy to reproduce, and I can't use my system properly with the stock Precise kernel (USB fails after suspend) so I can't really test that for you.

After running Chromium for some time, it may be killed by the kernel, with the following error in the kernel logs/dmesg:

[656997.934699] chromium-browse: Corrupted page table at address 45c72000
[656997.937966] *pdpt = 0000000000000000 *pde = f0001189f0001189
[656997.939741] Bad pagetable: 000f [#1] SMP
[656997.941504] Modules linked in: ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs msdos jfs xfs reiserfs ext2 ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt option uas usb_storage cp210x snd_seq_dummy pci_stub vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) xfrm_user xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp xfrm_ipcomp esp4 ah4 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables xt_state ipt_REJECT xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc qmi_wwan usbnet cdc_wdm ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi deflate ctr twofish_generic twofish_i586 twofish_common camellia_generic dm_crypt serpent_sse2_i586 glue_helper lrw serpent_generic xts gf128mul blowfish_generic blowfish_common cast5 des_generic xcbc rmd160 sha512_generic crypto_null af_key xfrm_algo bnep rfcomm parport_pc ppdev lp parport snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec arc4 iwldvm snd_hwdep mac80211 snd_pcm thinkpad_acpi snd_seq_midi kvm_intel snd_rawmidi kvm snd_seq_midi_event iwlwifi snd_seq qcserial snd_timer usb_wwan btusb usbserial dm_multipath snd_seq_device snd lpc_ich soundcore scsi_dh microcode snd_page_alloc mei bluetooth mac_hid cfg80211 psmouse serio_raw joydev intel_ips tpm_tis nvram nfsd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss nfs coretemp fscache lockd hdaps(O) thinkpad_ec(O) sunrpc binfmt_misc raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_tx raid1 raid0 multipath linear dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log btrfs zlib_deflate libcrc32c aesni_intel ablk_helper cryptd aes_i586 i915 e1000e drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit video wmi
[656997.964607] Pid: 7287, comm: chromium-browse Tainted: G W O 3.6.0-030600rc6-generic #201209161835 LENOVO 3323DAG/3323DAG
[656997.964610] EIP: 0073:[<b3602b23>] EFLAGS: 00210283 CPU: 1
[656997.964628] EIP is at 0xb3602b23
[656997.964630] EAX: 45c72000 EBX: b37a8d18 ECX: 00000024 EDX: 45c72fe0
[656997.964631] ESI: bfca81fc EDI: 00000000 EBP: bfca826c ESP: bfca81b0
[656997.964633] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b
[656997.964636] Process chromium-browse (pid: 7287, ti=e1564000 task=e97ff1a0 task.ti=e1564000)
[656997.964637]
[656997.964638] EIP: [<b3602b23>] 0xb3602b23 SS:ESP 007b:bfca81b0
[656997.987472] ---[ end trace 0ab1e74c159721af ]---

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04

[penalvch (penalvch)]

gcc, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect 1257256

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release