System crashed with RIP __journal_remove_journal_head, NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008

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Issue

  • System crashed with in __journal_remove_journal_head with NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
  • RHEL6 system panic with the following message:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
RIP: [<ffffffffa01c171d>] __journal_remove_journal_head+0x1d/0x130 [jbd2]
...
Pid: 55727, comm: java Tainted: G           ---------------- T 2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 #1 ProLiant DL580 G7
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa01c171d>]  [<ffffffffa01c171d>] __journal_remove_journal_head+0x1d/0x130 [jbd2]
  • RHEL5 system panic with the following message
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
RIP: [<ffffffff88036500>] :jbd:__journal_remove_journal_head+0xa/0x1a3
...
Pid: 18009, comm: someprocess Tainted: P     ---- 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 #1
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88036500>]  [<ffffffff88036500>] :jbd:__journal_remove_journal_head+0xa/0x1a3

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • kernel prior to kernel-2.6.32-573.el6
    • ext4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    • kernel prior to kernel-2.6.18-416.el5
    • ext3

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