RHEL8 crash with "kernel BUG at kernel/sched/core.c:3526!"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System panics with following calltraces:
[5650208.994792] kernel BUG at kernel/sched/core.c:3526!
[5650208.994832] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[5650208.994847] CPU: 0 PID: 27935 Comm: runc Kdump: loaded Tainted: GF          OE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 #1
[5650208.994878] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[5650208.994935] RIP: 0010:do_task_dead+0x40/0x50
[5650208.994948] Code: 00 48 89 ef e8 81 66 74 00 48 c7 43 10 80 00 00 00 48 89 ef 48 89 c6 e8 4e 65 74 00 81 4b 24 00 80 00 00 31 ff e8 d0 09 74 00 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 40 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 41
[5650208.994995] RSP: 0018:ffffa4c605c3fd00 EFLAGS: 00010282
[5650208.995011] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff95ef6f81bd80 RCX: 0000000000000000
[5650208.995030] RDX: ffff95f02fa23ab8 RSI: ffff95f02fa23ab8 RDI: ffff95f02fa23080
[5650208.996362] RBP: ffff95ef6f81c93c R08: ffff95f02fa23ab8 R09: ffffffff872af3e3
[5650208.997657] R10: ffff95eed580b308 R11: 0000000000000020 R12: ffffa4c605c3fd48
[5650208.998905] R13: ffffa4c605c3f3f0 R14: ffffa4c605c3f3f0 R15: ffff95ee394d3f70
[5650209.000213] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff95f02fa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[5650209.001430] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[5650209.002634] CR2: 00007fe381b5b9d0 CR3: 000000041060a001 CR4: 00000000007606f0
[5650209.003860] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[5650209.005010] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[5650209.006125] PKRU: 55555554
[5650209.007225] Call Trace:
[5650209.008380]  do_exit+0x6e6/0xad0
[5650209.009429]  do_group_exit+0x3a/0xa0
[5650209.010563]  get_signal+0x27c/0x590
[5650209.011600]  do_signal+0x36/0x610
[5650209.019551]  exit_to_usermode_loop+0x89/0xf0
[5650209.020359]  do_syscall_64+0x176/0x1b0
[5650209.021072]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
  • Backtrace of panic task:
crash> bt
PID: 12345  TASK: ffff95ef6f81bd80  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "task"
 #0 [ffffa4c605c3f9f8] machine_kexec at ffffffff872535be
 #1 [ffffa4c605c3fa50] __crash_kexec at ffffffff8734be3d
 #2 [ffffa4c605c3fb18] crash_kexec at ffffffff8734d0dd
 #3 [ffffa4c605c3fb30] oops_end at ffffffff872201cd
 #4 [ffffa4c605c3fb50] do_trap at ffffffff8721c8c4
 #5 [ffffa4c605c3fb90] do_error_trap at ffffffff8721cf57
 #6 [ffffa4c605c3fc50] invalid_op at ffffffff87c00cc4
    [exception RIP: do_task_dead+0x40]
    RIP: ffffffff872daae0  RSP: ffffa4c605c3fd00  RFLAGS: 00010282
    RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: ffff95ef6f81bd80  RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: ffff95f02fa23ab8  RSI: ffff95f02fa23ab8  RDI: ffff95f02fa23080
    RBP: ffff95ef6f81c93c   R8: ffff95f02fa23ab8   R9: ffffffff872af3e3
    R10: ffff95eed580b308  R11: 0000000000000020  R12: ffffa4c605c3fd48
    R13: ffffa4c605c3f3f0  R14: ffffa4c605c3f3f0  R15: ffff95ee394d3f70
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 #7 [ffffa4c605c3fd10] do_exit at ffffffff872af436
 #8 [ffffa4c605c3fd90] do_group_exit at ffffffff872af8ba
 #9 [ffffa4c605c3fdb8] get_signal at ffffffff872bbd2c
#10 [ffffa4c605c3fe10] do_signal at ffffffff8721beb6
#11 [ffffa4c605c3ff20] exit_to_usermode_loop at ffffffff87203e29
#12 [ffffa4c605c3ff38] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff87204356
#13 [ffffa4c605c3ff50] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe at ffffffff87c000ad
    RIP: 0000000000458203  RSP: 00007fe381b5ac88  RFLAGS: 00000286
    RAX: fffffffffffffe00  RBX: 000000c42007e400  RCX: 0000000000458203
    RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000c14a58
    RBP: 00007fe381b5acd0   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: 0000000000000000
    R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000286  R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: 00007fff8e88686f  R14: 00007fe381b5b700  R15: 0000000000000000
    ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca  CS: 0033  SS: 002b

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

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