Kernel OOPS while running Chrome: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffff3

[Shaun Crampton]

Over the last couple of days google chrome has been very unstable and I just found out the reason. It seems to be causing many kernel oopses. I see a lot of entries in the dmesg log like this, all with the same trace.

Googling around, I found this LKML thread, which seems to be talking about the same problem: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/27/17. It sounds like it's been fixed upstream already.

[ 249.491622] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffff3
[ 249.491629] IP: [<c024d582>] vma_stop+0x12/0x30
[ 249.491642] *pde = 00855067 *pte = 00000000
[ 249.491644] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 249.491646] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:05.0/class
[ 249.491652] Modules linked in: vmblock dm_crypt vsock vmmemctl vmhgfs acpiphp binfmt_misc snd_ens1371 gameport snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device ppdev psmouse serio_raw snd parport_pc soundcore snd_page_alloc vmci lp shpchp i2c_piix4 parport pcnet32 fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vmxnet mptspi mptscsih floppy mptbase mii scsi_transport_spi vga16fb vgastate intel_agp agpgart
[ 249.491680]
[ 249.491686] Pid: 2473, comm: chrome Not tainted (2.6.32-34-generic #73-Ubuntu) VMware Virtual Platform
[ 249.491688] EIP: 0060:[<c024d582>] EFLAGS: 00210213 CPU: 0
[ 249.491692] EIP is at vma_stop+0x12/0x30
[ 249.491694] EAX: ef573e20 EBX: ef573e20 ECX: c05a2828 EDX: fffffff3
[ 249.491695] ESI: ee86c000 EDI: fffffff3 EBP: ef4a7f10 ESP: ef4a7f0c
[ 249.491697] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
[ 249.491699] Process chrome (pid: 2473, ti=ef4a6000 task=ef2c8cc0 task.ti=ef4a6000)
[ 249.491700] Stack:
[ 249.491701] ef573e20 ef4a7f1c c024d8a3 eebac000 ef4a7f64 c02253ed 00001000 000000d0
[ 249.491705] <0> 00000000 fffffff3 b6765b1c ee86c028 00010000 00000000 ef495700 00000000
[ 249.491709] <0> f0b38380 00000000 00000000 ef495700 00010000 b6765b1c ef4a7f8c c020a80f
[ 249.491714] Call Trace:
[ 249.491717] [<c024d8a3>] ? m_stop+0x13/0x30
[ 249.491721] [<c02253ed>] ? seq_read+0x16d/0x3a0
[ 249.491724] [<c020a80f>] ? vfs_read+0x9f/0x1a0
[ 249.491726] [<c0225280>] ? seq_read+0x0/0x3a0
[ 249.491728] [<c020a9c2>] ? sys_read+0x42/0x70
[ 249.491731] [<c01033ec>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 249.491733] Code: 8b 5d 08 2b 48 6c 89 0b 8b 48 58 03 0a 8b 55 0c 89 0a 8b 40 64 5b 5e 5d c3 55 89 e5 53 0f 1f 44 00 00 85 d2 74 16 39 50 08 74 11 <8b> 1a 8d 43 38 e8 64 f8 f1 ff 89 d8 e8 fd de ef ff 5b 5d c3 8d
[ 249.491755] EIP: [<c024d582>] vma_stop+0x12/0x30 SS:ESP 0068:ef4a7f0c
[ 249.491758] CR2: 00000000fffffff3
[ 249.491761] ---[ end trace 273a2fa75339651e ]---

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-34-generic 2.6.32-34.73
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-34.73-generic 2.6.32.44+drm33.19
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-34-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/midiC0D0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer', '/dev/sequencer2', '/dev/sequencer'] failed with exit code -9:
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'AudioPCI'/'Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x2400, irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 3'
   Components : 'AC97a:43525913'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Wed Aug 17 19:10:29 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d4062d66-9b23-4d33-96d2-fc466c145716
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 eth1 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic root=UUID=a513a42a-c04d-451c-9d5e-7eb4a32302fa ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.10
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 12/31/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd12/31/2009:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.version: None
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.

[Joel Ebel (jbebel)]

I saw this with 2.6.32-34.73 but now with 2.6.32-34.74 I don't seem to reproduce it. Perhaps the changes in .74 fixed this issue.

[Joel Ebel (jbebel)]

Looks like this could be a dupe of 813026