Server crashed with error message: kernel BUG at kernel/panic.c:75!

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel panic with following stack traces:
CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004                 
Kernel panic - not syncing: Unable to continue
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at kernel/panic.c:75!
invalid operand: 0000 [#1]
SMP 
Modules linked in: cpqci(U) gab(U) llt(U) nfs lockd nfs_acl i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc ide_dump cciss_dump scsi_dump diskdump zlib_deflate lpfcdfc dmpaa(U) vxspec(U) vxio(U) vxdmp(U) fdd(U) vxportal(U) vxfs(U) dm_mod button battery ac joydev ohci_hcd hw_random k8_edac edac_mc tg3 e1000 floppy ext3 jbd lpfc scsi_transport_fc cciss sd_mod scsi_mod
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<021220d6>]    Tainted: PF     VLI
EFLAGS: 00010286   (2.6.9-55.9.ELhugemem) 
EIP is at panic+0x47/0x147
eax: 00000032   ebx: 10000000   ecx: ea3ebf84   edx: 022dfec0
esi: 00000411   edi: 00000001   ebp: 00000004   esp: ea3ebf8c
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process ksh (pid: 4283, threadinfo=ea3eb000 task=e0cae2f0)
Stack: 10000000 0210d0e1 022da9c4 00000000 00000014 00000005 00000000 ea3ebfc0 
       00000000 0210cf93 fffe8000 fffecee0 ea3ebfc4 00000000 00ca4ff4 00000679 
       00000049 09cbdbd0 00000678 feff49cc 00ca6840 0000007b 0000007b ffffffff 
Call Trace:
 [<0210d0e1>] k7_machine_check+0x145/0x168                        
 [<0210cf93>] do_machine_check+0x0/0x9
Code: 41 02 e8 2b ee 09 00 68 60 27 41 02 68 c0 fe 2d 02 e8 64 08 00 00 83 c4 0c 83 3d ac 5e 43 02 00 75 09 83 3d a8 5e 43 02 00 74 08 <0f> 0b 4b 00 e3 fe 2d 02 31 c0 e8 4b 8a ff ff e8 1e 4b ff ff 31 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • kernel-2.6.9-55.9.ELhugemem

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