RHEL 9 crash due NULL pointer deference on reading pvpanic device capabilities

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat CoreOS and/or RHEL Guests randomly crash and reboot when running on Google Cloud.
  • OpenShift nodes in Google Node get to NotReady state frequently
  • Virtual Machine crashes and reboots due to kernel panic on pvpanic driver

Environment

  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (KVM) with i440fx Machine Type and ISA pvpanic device
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Guest OS

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