Kernel panic due to bit-flip with exception RIP: unknown or invalid address
Issue
- Kernel panic with following call traces;
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffffb810a5f0a
IP: [<fffffffb810a5f0a>] 0xfffffffb810a5f0a
PGD 1a87067 PUD 0
Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu79/topology/thread_siblings
CPU 56
Modules linked in: ipt_MASQUERADE xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_filter iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_REJECT xt_CHECKSUM bridge mptctl mptbase fuse autofs4 ipmi_devintf cpufreq_ondemand freq_table pcc_cpufreq bonding 8021q garp stp llc ipv6 vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun kvm_intel kvm power_meter acpi_ipmi ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler microcode qlcnic(U) iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support nx_nic(U) netxen_nic sg lpc_ich mfd_core hpwdt hpilo(U) i7core_edac edac_core shpchp ext4 jbd2 mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif bfa scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix hpsa radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: nf_conntrack]
Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 #1 HP ProLiant DL580 G7
RIP: 0010:[<fffffffb810a5f0a>] [<fffffffb810a5f0a>] 0xfffffffb810a5f0a
RSP: 0018:ffff8820b1003e38 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000038 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 000000000000ae3a RSI: 0000000000000050 RDI: 0000000000000038
RBP: ffff8820b1003e50 R08: ffff88203fe81400 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000400 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000038
R13: 00000000000168c0 R14: ffff882012c4ffd8 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8820b1000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: fffffffb810a5f0a CR3: 000000601215e000 CR4: 00000000000027e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff882012c4e000, task ffff882012c46040)
Stack:
0000000000000046 ffff8820b10168c0 0000000000000038 ffff8820b1003e70
<d> ffffffff8105c083 ffff882012c4ffd8 ffff8820b10168c0 ffff8820b1003ec0
<d> ffffffff8106959a ffff8840135fc000 0000000000000001 0000000000000082
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
[<ffffffff8105c083>] update_rq_clock+0x23/0x40
[<ffffffff8106959a>] run_rebalance_domains+0xca/0x160
[<ffffffff8107d8b1>] __do_softirq+0xc1/0x1e0
[<ffffffff810a616a>] ? sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event+0x1a/0x20
[<ffffffff8100c30c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[<ffffffff8100fc15>] do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
[<ffffffff8107d765>] irq_exit+0x85/0x90
[<ffffffff8106151e>] scheduler_ipi+0x7e/0xc0
[<ffffffff81039879>] ? native_apic_msr_eoi_write+0x19/0x20
[<ffffffff81032fca>] smp_reschedule_interrupt+0x2a/0x30
[<ffffffff8100be33>] reschedule_interrupt+0x13/0x20
<EOI>
[<ffffffff812ea60e>] ? intel_idle+0xde/0x170
[<ffffffff812ea5f1>] ? intel_idle+0xc1/0x170
[<ffffffff81425bb7>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xa7/0x140
[<ffffffff81009fc6>] cpu_idle+0xb6/0x110
[<ffffffff81522e4c>] start_secondary+0x2be/0x301
Code: Bad RIP value.
RIP [<fffffffb810a5f0a>] 0xfffffffb810a5f0a
RSP <ffff8820b1003e38>
CR2: fffffffb810a5f0a
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- kernel-2.6.32-504.1.3.el6
- HP ProLiant DL580 G7, BIOS P65 10/01/2013
- Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 4870 @ 2.40GHz
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.