I've been getting something similar when changing network connections while having nfs stuff mounted: [27025.825196] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [27025.825206] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c:498! [27025.825212] invalid opcode: 0000 [#10] SMP [27025.825218] Modules linked in: aes_i586 crypto_blkcipher aes_generic ieee80211_crypt_ccmp ipv6 af_packet binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative freq_table container sbs pci_slot sbshc nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ext3 jbd mbcache eeprom i2c_i801 i2c_core parport_pc lp parport joydev pcmcia led_class wmi psmouse serio_raw pcspkr evdev snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy video ipw2200 output ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_seq_oss fglrx(P) snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi battery snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ac button snd_timer snd_seq_device iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug intel_agp agpgart reiserfs usbhid hid sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif sg ata_piix ata_generic 8139cp pata_acpi libata 8139too mii scsi_mod dock ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse [27025.825378] [27025.825384] Pid: 18298, comm: mount.nfs Tainted: P D (2.6.27-9-generic #1) [27025.825390] EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010287 CPU: 0 [27025.825428] EIP is at rpcb_getport_async+0x478/0x4e0 [sunrpc] [27025.825433] EAX: c2548840 EBX: eaf0ea00 ECX: eaf0e200 EDX: f90b4920 [27025.825438] ESI: d50f8000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: c26e9ca8 ESP: c26e9bbc [27025.825443] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 [27025.825449] Process mount.nfs (pid: 18298, ti=c26e8000 task=dd503240 task.ti=c26e8000) [27025.825454] Stack: 00000000 00000046 714c9ccf 00001894 f750f110 c26e9bf0 c012a571 c2548840 [27025.825468] eaf0e200 c190cd00 dd503240 f750f110 c26e9c14 c0102df6 dd50357c c190a980 [27025.825481] c26e9c1c c190cd00 c26e9c1c c037e935 00000001 c190cd00 dd503240 f750f110 [27025.825494] Call Trace: [27025.825499] [] ? hrtick_start_fair+0x181/0x1a0 [27025.825512] [] ? __switch_to+0xa6/0x160 [27025.825520] [] ? __reacquire_kernel_lock+0x15/0x70 [27025.825530] [] ? mempool_alloc_slab+0x13/0x20 [27025.825539] [] ? mempool_alloc+0x35/0xf0 [27025.825550] [] ? rpc_malloc+0x3e/0xa0 [sunrpc] [27025.825581] [] ? _spin_lock+0xd/0x10 [27025.825592] [] ? xprt_reserve+0x4c/0x1a0 [sunrpc] [27025.825637] [] ? call_bind+0x4a/0x80 [sunrpc] [27025.825669] [] ? call_reserve+0x45/0x80 [sunrpc] [27025.825698] [] ? __rpc_execute+0x5a/0x250 [sunrpc] [27025.825730] [] ? rpc_execute+0x79/0x90 [sunrpc] [27025.825775] [] ? rpc_run_task+0x33/0x70 [sunrpc] [27025.825806] [] ? rpc_call_sync+0x40/0x70 [sunrpc] [27025.825850] [] ? rpc_ping+0x48/0x60 [sunrpc] [27025.825901] [] ? rpc_bind_new_program+0x66/0x90 [sunrpc] [27025.825932] [] ? nfs_init_server+0x3a7/0x440 [nfs] [27025.825977] [] ? nfs_create_server+0x35/0x2a0 [nfs] [27025.826003] [] ? nfs_parse_ip_address+0xc7/0x120 [nfs] [27025.826053] [] ? nfs_try_mount+0x9f/0x120 [nfs] [27025.826081] [] ? nfs_validate_mount_data+0x4ad/0x550 [nfs] [27025.826109] [] ? nfs_validate_mount_data+0x4ad/0x550 [nfs] [27025.826136] [] ? nfs_get_sb+0x99/0x300 [nfs] [27025.826180] [] ? vfs_kern_mount+0x5e/0x130 [27025.826195] [] ? do_kern_mount+0x3e/0xe0 [27025.826203] [] ? do_new_mount+0x6f/0x90 [27025.826212] [] ? do_mount+0x1d2/0x1f0 [27025.826220] [] ? exact_copy_from_user+0x4d/0xa0 [27025.826228] [] ? copy_mount_options+0x6e/0xd0 [27025.826236] [] ? sys_mount+0x91/0xc0 [27025.826244] [] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f [27025.826252] ======================= [27025.826255] Code: c7 44 24 08 80 22 0a f9 0f b7 81 86 00 00 00 c7 04 24 dc 57 0a f9 89 44 24 04 e8 dd 1e 2e c7 e9 13 fc ff ff 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 <0f> 0beb fe 8b 8d 30 ff ff ff c7 44 24 08 80 22 0a f9 0f b7 81 [27025.826326] EIP: [] rpcb_getport_async+0x478/0x4e0 [sunrpc] SS:ESP 0068:c26e9bbc [27025.826432] ---[ end trace a4de1416d7fbb9c2 ]---