Why does system panic with "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010"?
Issue
- Kernel panic with error message "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010"
RIP:
[<ffffffff88032cf1>] :jbd:journal_dirty_metadata+0x44/0x1e3
- Stack trace shows
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8804f079>] :ext3:ext3_free_data+0xc6/0xff
[<ffffffff8804f194>] :ext3:ext3_free_branches+0xe2/0x1dc
[<ffffffff8804fa12>] :ext3:ext3_truncate+0x784/0x8e0
[<ffffffff880559f3>] :ext3:__ext3_journal_stop+0x1f/0x3d
[<ffffffff88032152>] :jbd:journal_start+0xc9/0x100
[<ffffffff88050193>] :ext3:ext3_delete_inode+0x7d/0xd5
[<ffffffff88050116>] :ext3:ext3_delete_inode+0x0/0xd5
[<ffffffff8002f114>] generic_delete_inode+0xc6/0x143
[<ffffffff8000d19e>] dput+0xf6/0x114
[<ffffffff80036643>] sys_renameat+0x18a/0x1eb
[<ffffffff80066bcd>] do_page_fault+0x4fe/0x830
[<ffffffff80022fd9>] sys_newstat+0x28/0x31
[<ffffffff8005d116>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
Code: 83 7d 10 00 75 44 c7 45 10 01 00 00 00 41 83 7c 24 08 00 7f
RIP [<ffffffff88032cf1>] :jbd:journal_dirty_metadata+0x44/0x1e3
RSP <ffff81007ad9fbf8>
CR2: 0000000000000010
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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