BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008 IP: [] fb_open+0x54/0x1b0 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0/resource Modules linked in: binfmt_misc parport_pc ppdev rfcomm sha256_generic sco bnep aes_i586 l2cap aes_generic btusb bluetooth dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi snd_hda_codec_idt arc4 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec iwlagn snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi iwlcore snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device mac80211 uvcvideo videodev dell_wmi dell_laptop v4l1_compat snd dcdbas cfg80211 psmouse serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc lp parport i915 usbhid drm_kms_helper hid drm intel_agp ahci i2c_algo_bit agpgart libahci video output e1000e Pid: 3477, comm: lshw Not tainted 2.6.35-19-generic #28-Ubuntu 0CY870/Latitude Z600 EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 EIP is at fb_open+0x54/0x1b0 EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000001 ECX: c0382620 EDX: 00000505 ESI: f6b275c0 EDI: f1420800 EBP: f2f77e04 ESP: f2f77ddc DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Process lshw (pid: 3477, ti=f2f76000 task=f68fcc20 task.ti=f2f76000) Stack: 00000000 c021b150 f2f77e1c 0000001d 00000000 f7030000 00000000 00000000 <0> f70bbd00 00000000 f2f77e2c c021ba3d f6afce00 f1420800 f6b275c0 c0989500 <0> 00000001 f1420800 f6b275c0 f6afce00 f2f77e50 c0216794 f6b275c0 f2f77e40 Call Trace: [] ? exact_match+0x0/0x10 [] ? chrdev_open+0xcd/0x1c0 [] ? __dentry_open+0xc4/0x280 [] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x59/0x70 [] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x1c0 [] ? finish_open+0xbf/0x1a0 [] ? dput+0x91/0x130 [] ? do_last+0x66/0x3a0 [] ? do_filp_open+0x19d/0x4c0 [] ? sys_mknodat+0xe8/0x200 [] ? do_sys_open+0x55/0x150 [] ? sys_open+0x2e/0x40 [] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb [] ? init_amd_k6+0x12a/0x1d1 Code: ff ff 89 d8 8b 75 f8 8b 5d f4 8b 7d fc 89 ec 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 b8 e4 09 99 c0 e8 b6 57 24 00 8b 04 9d 40 4d 81 c0 89 45 f0 <83> 40 08 01 b8 e4 09 99 c0 e8 0e a3 da ff 90 8b 4d f0 85 c9 0f EIP: [] fb_open+0x54/0x1b0 SS:ESP 0068:f2f77ddc CR2: 0000000000000008 ---[ end trace e04b899acf4cdaef ]---