The kernel crashes due to a GPF invoked from fetch_task_cputime() due to possible faulty hardware

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Issue

  • The kernel crashes due to a GPF invoked from fetch_task_cputime().
[269777.796621] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[269777.796648] Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag onload(OE) sfc_char(OE) nfsv3 nfs_acl rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 sfc_resource(OE) dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache sfc_affinity(OE) bonding mxm_wmi intel_wmi_thunderbolt nfit libnvdimm intel_powerclamp coretemp intel_rapl iosf_mbi kvm irqbypass crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd wdat_wdt pcspkr sg i2c_i801 cdc_ether usbnet joydev mii mei_me mei ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler wmi auth_rpcgss sunrpc binfmt_misc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic drm_kms_helper mlx5_core syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm sfc(OE) crct10dif_pclmul ahci crct10dif_common drm crc32c_intel
[269777.798139]  libahci igb megaraid_sas mdio serio_raw mtd libata mlxfw devlink ptp pps_core dca i2c_algo_bit drm_panel_orientation_quirks dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod
[269777.798633] CPU: 1 PID: 49559 Comm: ps Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE  ------------   3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[269777.798936] Hardware name: ICC R118i-v5/VEGAR118V5, BIOS L1.31H 11/19/2021
[269777.799094] task: ffff914815949080 ti: ffff914818e8c000 task.ti: ffff914818e8c000
[269777.799384] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffb84de558>]  [<ffffffffb84de558>] fetch_task_cputime+0x28/0x120
[269777.799680] RSP: 0018:ffff914818e8fba8  EFLAGS: 00010092
[269777.799831] RAX: ffff914818e8fc08 RBX: 7fff914a5a23ac28 RCX: 7fff914a5a23b1b8
[269777.800119] RDX: ffff914818e8fc58 RSI: ffff914818e8fc50 RDI: 7fff914a5a23ac28
[269777.800407] RBP: ffff914818e8fbe8 R08: 7fff914a5a23b1c0 R09: ffff914818e8fc00
[269777.800695] R10: ffff912bbfc03300 R11: ffffffffb85de9fd R12: ffff914818e8fc50
[269777.800984] R13: ffff914818e8fc08 R14: ffff914818e8fca8 R15: ffff914a44729080
[269777.801272] FS:  00007f91a1bdd880(0000) GS:ffff914a5e640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[269777.801564] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[269777.801717] CR2: 00007f91a1064fe0 CR3: 0000001f1cdba000 CR4: 00000000003607e0
[269777.802005] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[269777.802293] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[269777.802581] Call Trace:
[269777.802725]  [<ffffffffb84df054>] task_cputime+0x44/0x80
[269777.802878]  [<ffffffffb84df150>] thread_group_cputime+0xc0/0x190
[269777.803033]  [<ffffffffb84df253>] thread_group_cputime_adjusted+0x33/0x70
[269777.803191]  [<ffffffffb86cefbb>] do_task_stat+0x91b/0xbb0
[269777.803345]  [<ffffffffb86cfd84>] proc_tgid_stat+0x14/0x20
[269777.803497]  [<ffffffffb86c9f52>] proc_single_show+0x52/0x90
[269777.803651]  [<ffffffffb8676d10>] seq_read+0x130/0x450
[269777.803804]  [<ffffffffb864e3ff>] vfs_read+0x9f/0x170
[269777.803955]  [<ffffffffb864f27f>] SyS_read+0x7f/0xf0
[269777.804108]  [<ffffffffb8b95f92>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a
[269777.804263] Code: 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 55 41 54 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 28 4c 8b 6d 10 49 c7 01 00 00 00 00 49 c7 45 00 00 00 00 00 <44> 8b a3 38 10 00 00 41 f6 c4 01 0f 85 c6 00 00 00 48 85 f6 74 
[269777.804892] RIP  [<ffffffffb84de558>] fetch_task_cputime+0x28/0x120
[269777.805049]  RSP <ffff914818e8fba8>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9.z - kernel-3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7

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