BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004 IP: [] sd_revalidate_disk+0x21/0x290 *pde = 7e89f067 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: ums_realtek(-) nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat snd_hrtimer parport_pc dm_crypt ppdev bnep rfcomm bluetooth binfmt_misc joydev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep dell_laptop snd_pcm compal_laptop dcdbas snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq lib80211_crypt_tkip uvcvideo videodev snd_timer snd_seq_device snd psmouse serio_raw wl(P) soundcore snd_page_alloc lib80211 mac_hid lp parport uas i915 drm_kms_helper r8169 drm i2c_algo_bit usb_storage video [last unloaded: ums_realtek] Pid: 2697, comm: blkid Tainted: P O 3.2.0-17-generic #26-Ubuntu Dell Inc. Inspiron 1012/0P9MDV EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 1 EIP is at sd_revalidate_disk+0x21/0x290 EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000001 EDX: c1397940 ESI: ec0cb060 EDI: ec0cb000 EBP: ec019d48 ESP: ec019d28 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Process blkid (pid: 2697, ti=ec018000 task=eddbbf20 task.ti=ec018000) Stack: c11494c3 f3bb2c00 00000000 00000002 00000001 00000000 ec0cb060 ec0cb000 ec019db4 c118bbf2 00000ba3 c1382e37 c108275a f8048400 ec019d68 c135ea94 ec019d78 c1382e24 edcd1600 ec0cb060 00000000 f3bb2c00 ec0c8800 ffffff85 Call Trace: [] ? iput+0x23/0x40 [] rescan_partitions+0x82/0x350 [] ? scsi_device_put+0x47/0x50 [] ? module_refcount+0x7a/0x90 [] ? put_device+0x14/0x20 [] ? scsi_device_put+0x34/0x50 [] ? sd_open+0xff/0x1d0 [] __blkdev_get+0x266/0x3c0 [] blkdev_get+0x47/0x180 [] blkdev_open+0x50/0x70 [] __dentry_open+0x25e/0x310 [] ? blkdev_get+0x180/0x180 [] vfs_open+0x3a/0x50 [] nameidata_to_filp+0x39/0x40 [] do_last+0x367/0x660 [] path_openat+0xa4/0x350 [] do_filp_open+0x31/0x80 [] ? strncpy_from_user+0x38/0x70 [] ? alloc_fd+0xa3/0xe0 [] do_sys_open+0xe1/0x1f0 [] ? audit_syscall_exit+0x192/0x1c0 [] sys_open+0x2e/0x40 [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [] ? iommu_prepare_identity_map+0x17a/0x1e8 Code: 74 26 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 83 ec 20 89 5d f4 89 75 f8 89 7d fc 3e 8d 74 26 00 8b 98 e8 01 00 00 89 c7 a1 40 6b 9b c1 <8b> 73 04 c1 e8 15 83 e0 07 83 f8 03 0f 87 fa 01 00 00 8b 86 94 EIP: [] sd_revalidate_disk+0x21/0x290 SS:ESP 0068:ec019d28 CR2: 0000000000000004 ---[ end trace 07e3625557486839 ]---