BUG: NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070 during read from a cgroup specific file

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When reading/writing from/to a cgroup specific file (for example "cgroup_name/notify_on_release"), the system panicked with the following message:

"BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070"

(Note that the address number might be slightly different)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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