Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 system panics with kernel BUG at kernel/exit.c:842
Issue
Kernel panics with following message.
May 12 14:31:58 hostname kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
May 12 14:31:58 hostname kernel: kernel BUG at kernel/exit.c:842!
May 12 14:31:58 hostname kernel: invalid operand: 0000 [#1]
May 12 14:31:58 hostname kernel: SMP
May 12 14:31:58 hostname kernel: Modules linked in: nfsd exportfs lockd parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc md5 ipv6 uhci_hcd ehci_hcd hw_random tg3 floppy st aic7xxx sg dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror ext3 jbd dm_mod ips sd_mod scsi_mod
May 12 15:56:27 hostname syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
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