Can someone please explain me the Ubuntu update process? My systems are two kernel updates older now and the bug is still present. Today, it made the system disk unresponsive on my server, damaging its filesystem and dpkg database in the process. I think that such a bug is critical and should be fixed and pushed to updates immediately. Why is Ubuntu always late with fixing serious bugs which e.g. Debian has fixed a long time ago? I really love Ubuntu but it looks like it is time to move over. PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 74 root 20 0 0 0 0 R 100.0 0.0 0:18.28 kswapd0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176399] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176402] 0000000000000286 00000000cbca6753 ffff98c7d3967150 ffffffffaae30e92 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176406] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff98c7d39671e0 ffffffffaabab0c1 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176410] 0260400100000287 ffff98c7d3967178 0000000000000040 0000000000000012 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176415] Call Trace: Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176420] [] dump_stack+0x63/0x81 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176424] [] warn_alloc_failed+0x101/0x160 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176428] [] ? find_next_bit+0x18/0x20 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176431] [] __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x1ff/0x9c0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176434] [] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x2b5/0x300 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176438] [] alloc_pages_current+0x95/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176442] [] new_slab+0x419/0x6e0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176445] [] ___slab_alloc+0x3a0/0x4b0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176449] [] ? xhci_segment_alloc.isra.25+0xfb/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176453] [] ? x86_swiotlb_alloc_coherent+0x25/0x50 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176456] [] __slab_alloc+0x20/0x40 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176459] [] __kmalloc+0x182/0x1e0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176462] [] ? xhci_segment_alloc.isra.25+0xfb/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176465] [] xhci_segment_alloc.isra.25+0xfb/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176469] [] xhci_alloc_segments_for_ring+0x43/0x100 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176473] [] xhci_ring_alloc.constprop.32+0xbe/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176476] [] xhci_alloc_stream_info+0x1df/0x3e0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176480] [] ? xhci_alloc_command+0x100/0x140 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176484] [] xhci_alloc_streams+0x447/0x840 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176487] [] ? xhci_check_bandwidth+0x370/0x370 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176490] [] usb_alloc_streams+0xb7/0x110 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176496] [] uas_configure_endpoints+0x148/0x170 [uas] Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176500] [] uas_probe+0x3a5/0x550 [uas] Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176503] [] usb_probe_interface+0x159/0x2d0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176507] [] driver_probe_device+0x223/0x430 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176510] [] __device_attach_driver+0x8c/0x100 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176513] [] ? __driver_attach+0xf0/0xf0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176516] [] bus_for_each_drv+0x67/0xb0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176519] [] __device_attach+0xdd/0x160 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176522] [] device_initial_probe+0x13/0x20 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176525] [] bus_probe_device+0x92/0xa0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176527] [] device_add+0x373/0x630 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176531] [] usb_set_configuration+0x5ec/0x930 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176535] [] generic_probe+0x2e/0x80 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176538] [] usb_probe_device+0x2e/0x70 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176541] [] driver_probe_device+0x223/0x430 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176544] [] __device_attach_driver+0x8c/0x100 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176546] [] ? __driver_attach+0xf0/0xf0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176549] [] bus_for_each_drv+0x67/0xb0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176552] [] __device_attach+0xdd/0x160 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176555] [] device_initial_probe+0x13/0x20 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176557] [] bus_probe_device+0x92/0xa0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176560] [] device_add+0x373/0x630 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176563] [] ? add_device_randomness+0x80/0xf0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176566] [] usb_new_device+0x275/0x490 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176569] [] hub_port_connect+0x50e/0x9d0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176572] [] hub_event+0x958/0xb10 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176576] [] ? dequeue_task_fair+0x62f/0x8f0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176579] [] ? put_prev_entity+0x33/0x3e0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176583] [] process_one_work+0x1fc/0x4b0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176585] [] worker_thread+0x4b/0x500 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176588] [] ? process_one_work+0x4b0/0x4b0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176591] [] kthread+0xd8/0xf0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176597] [] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176600] [] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1e0/0x1e0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176601] Mem-Info: Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] active_anon:462800 inactive_anon:43678 isolated_anon:0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] active_file:126668 inactive_file:183886 isolated_file:0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] unevictable:8 dirty:30 writeback:0 unstable:0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] slab_reclaimable:26462 slab_unreclaimable:20506 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] mapped:153638 shmem:12341 pagetables:16450 bounce:0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176608] free:3154470 free_pcp:0 free_cma:0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176616] Node 0 active_anon:1851200kB inactive_anon:174712kB active_file:506672kB inactive_file:735544kB unevictable:32kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB mapped:614552kB dirty:120kB writeback:0kB shmem:0kB shmem_thp: 0kB shmem_pmdmapped: 274432kB anon_thp: 49364kB writeback_tmp:0kB unstable:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176617] Node 0 DMA free:32kB min:60kB low:72kB high:84kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:15976kB managed:15360kB mlocked:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:15328kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176624] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 3090 15878 15878 15878 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176629] Node 0 DMA32 free:3215020kB min:13140kB low:16424kB high:19708kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:3296800kB managed:3215736kB mlocked:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176635] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 12788 12788 12788 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176640] Node 0 Normal free:9402828kB min:54376kB low:67968kB high:81560kB active_anon:1851200kB inactive_anon:174712kB active_file:506672kB inactive_file:735544kB unevictable:32kB writepending:120kB present:13359104kB managed:13095012kB mlocked:32kB slab_reclaimable:105848kB slab_unreclaimable:66696kB kernel_stack:15712kB pagetables:65800kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176646] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176651] Node 0 DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB (U) 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 32kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176663] Node 0 DMA32: 7*4kB (UM) 9*8kB (UM) 7*16kB (UM) 6*32kB (UM) 7*64kB (UM) 4*128kB (M) 5*256kB (M) 7*512kB (UM) 6*1024kB (UM) 4*2048kB (UM) 780*4096kB (M) = 3215444kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176681] Node 0 Normal: 331*4kB (UME) 168*8kB (UME) 43*16kB (UME) 29*32kB (UME) 25*64kB (UME) 12*128kB (UME) 3*256kB (UM) 3*512kB (ME) 2*1024kB (UE) 2*2048kB (UE) 2292*4096kB (M) = 9403900kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176701] Node 0 hugepages_total=0 hugepages_free=0 hugepages_surp=0 hugepages_size=2048kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176702] 322895 total pagecache pages Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176704] 0 pages in swap cache Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176705] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176706] Free swap = 31249996kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176708] Total swap = 31249996kB Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176709] 4167970 pages RAM Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176709] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176710] 86443 pages reserved Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176711] 0 pages cma reserved Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176712] 0 pages hwpoisoned Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176715] SLUB: Unable to allocate memory on node -1, gfp=0x2408001(GFP_NOIO|GFP_DMA|__GFP_ZERO) Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176717] cache: dma-kmalloc-1024, object size: 1024, buffer size: 1024, default order: 3, min order: 0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.176719] node 0: slabs: 478, objs: 15296, free: 0 Mar 8 10:22:01 server-1 kernel: [ 116.178097] uas: probe of 4-1.2.2:1.0 failed with error -12