Kernel panic, null pointer dereference in sock_wfree calling sk_write_space() function pointer, which is NULL
Issue
- Kernel panic, null pointer dereference in
sock_wfree()callingsk->sk_write_space()function pointer, which isNULL - Panic with backtrace:
#10 [ffff88033fd03d30] sock_wfree at ffffffff81558d4b
#11 [ffff88033fd03d50] skb_release_head_state at ffffffff8155e336
#12 [ffff88033fd03d68] skb_release_all at ffffffff8155e9d2
#13 [ffff88033fd03d80] consume_skb at ffffffff8155eedc
#14 [ffff88033fd03da0] __dev_kfree_skb_any at ffffffff8156ed5d
#15 [ffff88033fd03e00] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only at ffffffffa00c35aa [vmxnet3]
#16 [ffff88033fd03e38] net_rx_action at ffffffff81570910
#17 [ffff88033fd03eb8] __do_softirq at ffffffff8108f63f
#18 [ffff88033fd03f28] call_softirq at ffffffff81698f5c
#19 [ffff88033fd03f40] do_softirq at ffffffff8102d365
#20 [ffff88033fd03f60] irq_exit at ffffffff8108f9d5
#21 [ffff88033fd03f78] do_IRQ at ffffffff81699af8
--- <IRQ stack> ---
Environment
- RHEL 7.2
kernel-3.10.0-514.21.1.el7.x86_64(RHEL 7.3 kernel)- VMware VM
- Two
vmxnet3interfaces - Sophos Antivirus third-party kernel modules:
crash> mod -t
NAME TAINTS
talpa_syscallhook OE
talpa_vcdevice OE
talpa_pedevice OE
talpa_pedconnector OE
talpa_linux OE
talpa_core OE
talpa_vfshook OE
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