i was able to get an strace from powrtop (loo\gging in by ssh from a scrr\een session on a remote computer) and attach the log here. it looks like the issue is triggered by "iwpriv -a" -- here's what looks like the relevant part of the log (at the end):
i was able to get an strace from powrtop (loo\gging in by ssh from a scrr\een session on a remote computer) and attach the log here. it looks like the issue is triggered by "iwpriv -a" -- here's what looks like the relevant part of the log (at the end):
[pid 2077] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "/sbin/iwpriv -a 2> /dev/null"], [/* 19 vars */] <unfinished ...> PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f884e1ea000 "/etc/ld. so.nohwcap" , F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5d2ef07000 "/etc/ld. so.preload" , R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) etc/ld. so.cache" , O_RDONLY) = 4 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=131558, ...}) = 0 "/etc/ld. so.nohwcap" , F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lib/libc. so.6", O_RDONLY) = 4 2\1\1\0\ 0\0\0\0\ 0\0\0\0\ 3\0>\0\ 1\0\0\0` \355\1\ 0\0\0\0\ 0"..., 832) = 832 S_IFREG| 0755, st_size=1572232, ...}) = 0 PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f5d2e966000 0x7f5d2eae0000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 f000, 20480, PROT_READ| PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED| MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x179000) = 0x7f5d2ecdf000 4000, 18472, PROT_READ| PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5d2ece4000 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5d2eee5000 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5d2eee4000 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5d2eee3000 ARCH_SET_ FS, 0x7f5d2eee4700) = 0 0x7f5d2ecdf000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 0x7f5d2ef09000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 0x7f5d2eee6000, 131558) = 0 SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTORER| SA_RESTART, 0x7f5d2e999af0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 S_IFDIR| 0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 S_IFDIR| 0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 SIGINT, {0x408189, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5d2e999af0}, NULL, 8) = 0 SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5d2e999af0}, NULL, 8) = 0 SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5d2e999af0}, NULL, 8) = 0 O_CREAT| O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4 CHILD_CLEARTID| CLONE_CHILD_ SETTID| SIGCHLD, child_tidptr= 0x7f5d2eee49d0) = 2078 "/sbin/ iwpriv" , ["/sbin/iwpriv", "-a"], [/* 19 vars */]
[pid 2064] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
[pid 2064] read(4, <unfinished ...>
[pid 2077] <... execve resumed> ) = 0
[pid 2077] brk(0) = 0x2590000
[pid 2077] access(
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|
[pid 2077] access(
[pid 2077] open("/
[pid 2077] fstat(4, {st_mode=
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 131558, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x7f5d2eee6000
[pid 2077] close(4) = 0
[pid 2077] access(
[pid 2077] open("/
[pid 2077] read(4, "\177ELF\
[pid 2077] fstat(4, {st_mode=
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 3680296, PROT_READ|
[pid 2077] mprotect(
[pid 2077] mmap(0x7f5d2ecd
[pid 2077] mmap(0x7f5d2ece
[pid 2077] close(4) = 0
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
[pid 2077] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
[pid 2077] arch_prctl(
[pid 2077] mprotect(
[pid 2077] mprotect(0x617000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
[pid 2077] mprotect(
[pid 2077] munmap(
[pid 2077] getpid() = 2077
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] geteuid() = 0
[pid 2077] brk(0) = 0x2590000
[pid 2077] brk(0x25b1000) = 0x25b1000
[pid 2077] getppid() = 2064
[pid 2077] stat("/root", {st_mode=
[pid 2077] stat(".", {st_mode=
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] rt_sigaction(
[pid 2077] open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|
[pid 2077] fcntl(2, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10
[pid 2077] close(2) = 0
[pid 2077] fcntl(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
[pid 2077] dup2(4, 2) = 2
[pid 2077] close(4) = 0
[pid 2077] clone(Process 2078 attached
child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_
[pid 2077] wait4(-1, <unfinished ...>
[pid 2078] execve(
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running iwpriv -a manually results in a kernel panic and the following error message:
lo no private ioctls.
eth0 no private ioctls.
wlan0 Available read-only private ioctl :
wlan0 firm_ver:63
Kernel Panic [etc...]
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so, what do i do next? any suggestions? And can other people confirm this error?