Kernel panic in `run_timer_softirq`
Issue
- Server crashes when running software with third-party SCTP wrapper module
- When running our software that uses out-of-tree SCTP, the server crashes and then reboots. Need help to analyze the issue.
- Kernel panic with
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging requestand backtrace like:
crash> bt
PID: 0 TASK: ffffffff82618840 CPU: 0 COMMAND: "swapper/0"
#0 [ffffc90000003c18] machine_kexec at ffffffff8106156e
#1 [ffffc90000003c70] __crash_kexec at ffffffff8118f99d
#2 [ffffc90000003d38] crash_kexec at ffffffff8119088d
#3 [ffffc90000003d50] oops_end at ffffffff8102434d
#4 [ffffc90000003d70] no_context at ffffffff8107262f
#5 [ffffc90000003dc8] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8107298c
#6 [ffffc90000003e10] do_page_fault at ffffffff81073267
#7 [ffffc90000003e40] page_fault at ffffffff81a010fe
[exception RIP: run_timer_softirq+0x126]
RIP: ffffffff8116cf56 RSP: ffffc90000003ef0 RFLAGS: 00010086
RAX: ffffffff810ef72d RBX: ffff88807fc1aac0 RCX: 000000011123d427
RDX: ffffc90000003ef8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88807fc1aae8
RBP: 0000000000000000 R8: ffff88807fc1b280 R9: ffffc90000003f00
R10: ffff88807fc1ab30 R11: 000000000000007a R12: 000000011123d400
R13: ffffc90000003ef8 R14: ffffc900068b3d90 R15: 0000000000000082
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
#8 [ffffc90000003f78] __softirqentry_text_start at ffffffff81c000d7
#9 [ffffc90000003fc8] irq_exit at ffffffff810e7367
#10 [ffffc90000003fd8] smp_apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff81a026e4
#11 [ffffc90000003ff0] apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff81a01c6f
--- <IRQ stack> ---
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
kernel-4.18.0-305.el8- Third-party kernel modules:
strmfs_modulcm_kmem
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