Comment 23 for bug 324894

I have the same kernel message issue.

I'm on a laptop IBM T40p (yes I know, it's old) running Karmic and kernel 2.6.31-17-generic

The issue arises when I start a 3D-heavy game using wine.

Here are the kernel messages :

[ 1261.013226] Corrupted low memory at c0005ff8 (5ff8 phys) = 00ffffff
[ 1261.013229] Corrupted low memory at c0005ffc (5ffc phys) = 00ffffff
[ 1261.013232] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1261.013246] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/check.c:134 check_for_bios_corruption+0xcb/0xe0()
[ 1261.013251] Hardware name: 2373G1G
[ 1261.013253] Memory corruption detected in low memory
[ 1261.013256] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec pcmcia ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss arc4 snd_mixer_oss ecb snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device ath5k mac80211 ath yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic snd nsc_ircc soundcore joydev pcmcia_core cfg80211 snd_page_alloc thinkpad_acpi shpchp iptable_filter irda ati_agp psmouse led_class crc_ccitt ip_tables x_tables ppdev nvram serio_raw parport_pc lp parport usbhid e1000 radeon ttm drm i2c_algo_bit video output floppy intel_agp agpgart
[ 1261.013315] Pid: 6, comm: events/0 Tainted: G W 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu
[ 1261.013319] Call Trace:
[ 1261.013330] [<c01450fd>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6d/0xa0
[ 1261.013335] [<c012817b>] ? check_for_bios_corruption+0xcb/0xe0
[ 1261.013339] [<c012817b>] ? check_for_bios_corruption+0xcb/0xe0
[ 1261.013345] [<c0145176>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x26/0x30
[ 1261.013349] [<c012817b>] check_for_bios_corruption+0xcb/0xe0
[ 1261.013354] [<c0128198>] check_corruption+0x8/0x30
[ 1261.013361] [<c01579ce>] run_workqueue+0x6e/0x140
[ 1261.013366] [<c0128190>] ? check_corruption+0x0/0x30
[ 1261.013370] [<c0157b28>] worker_thread+0x88/0xe0
[ 1261.013376] [<c015c170>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[ 1261.013381] [<c0157aa0>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0xe0
[ 1261.013385] [<c015be7c>] kthread+0x7c/0x90
[ 1261.013389] [<c015be00>] ? kthread+0x0/0x90
[ 1261.013395] [<c0104007>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
[ 1261.013399] ---[ end trace a7919e7f17c0a727 ]---