KVM VM kernel panic in virtqueue_get_buf while running tcpdump

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • KVM VM kernel panic in virtqueue_get_buf while running tcpdump
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00000000306874b5
IP: [<ffffffffa005443c>] virtqueue_get_buf+0xc/0x110 [virtio_ring]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (hypervisor)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (guest)
  • KVM virtualization
  • virtio-net NIC driver
  • tcpdump performing packet capture inside guest

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