BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: [<(null)>] (null) PGD 1aa1ba067 PUD 1b2ddc067 PMD 0 Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/module/l2cap/initstate CPU 2 Modules linked in: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi joydev snd_hda_codec_realtek arc4 snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi snd_hda_codec iwlagn snd_hwdep snd_rawmidi snd_pcm nvidia(P) snd_seq_midi_event iwlcore uvcvideo snd_seq mac80211 snd_timer snd_seq_device btusb bluetooth sony_laptop videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 cfg80211 psmouse snd serio_raw intel_ips video output intel_agp qcserial usb_wwan soundcore snd_page_alloc usbserial lp parport ahci firewire_ohci atl1c libahci sdhci_pci sdhci firewire_core led_class crc_itu_t Pid: 777, comm: ips-adjust Tainted: P 2.6.35-19-generic #28-Ubuntu VAIO/VPCS11C5E RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<(null)>] (null) RSP: 0018:ffff8801ac043e78 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000286 RBX: ffff8801b40210c0 RCX: 0000000000000064 RDX: 000000000000ffff RSI: 0000000000000286 RDI: 0000000000000286 RBP: ffff8801ac043ee0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffffff R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8801b4021100 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000002328 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880001e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001b4f63000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process ips-adjust (pid: 777, threadinfo ffff8801ac042000, task ffff8801ac295b80) Stack: ffffffffa00c0c03 ffff8801ac043fd8 ffff8801ac043eac ffff8801b0735b80 <0> ffff880100001184 0000000000000286 ffff8801b4069be8 ffff8801ac043ee0 <0> ffff8801b4069bc8 ffff8801ac043ef8 ffffffffa00c08c0 ffff8801b40210c0 Call Trace: [] ? ips_adjust+0x343/0x490 [intel_ips] [] ? ips_adjust+0x0/0x490 [intel_ips] [] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 [] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Code: Bad RIP value. RIP [<(null)>] (null) RSP CR2: 0000000000000000 ---[ end trace aaeda0daeebb2ccc ]---