Kernel crash is observed in RHEL 8 when TIPC is configured over UDP

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • When TIPC is configured over UDP and the link for the device is lost or brought down a kernel crash is observed.
  • The following commands result in a kernel panic and system crash after 20-30 seconds:
# modprobe tipc
# tipc bearer enable media udp name UDP1 localip 10.20.30.113 remoteip 10.20.30.89
# ip link set dev ens3 down

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • TIPC UDP bearer

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