The server crashed in 'VBoxHost_RTSpinlockRelease' or 'VBoxHost_RTSpinlockAcquire'

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The system crashed with the below log.

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[23169512.135841] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 3192445295 Hz
[23169512.136339] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 5.2.18 (interface 0x00290001)
[23169512.151961] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
[23169512.154587] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
[23169512.157492] VBoxPciLinuxInit
[23169512.158016] vboxpci: IOMMU not found (not registered)
[23169574.823795] VBoxPciLinuxLinuxUnload
[23169574.834229] WARNING: g_ThreadTree=ffff9cad30fe7690
[23169574.834241] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000004
[23169574.834253] IP: [<ffffffffc09adaa2>] VBoxHost_RTSpinlockAcquire+0x12/0x60 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834254] PGD 0 
[23169574.834254] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[23169574.834274] Modules linked in: vboxdrv(OE-) udp_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag tcp_diag inet_diag xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 tun bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables devlink ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs lockd grace fscache veloce_driver(OE) vfat fat skx_edac nfit libnvdimm intel_powerclamp coretemp intel_rapl iosf_mbi kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd pcspkr ses enclosure sg mei_me lpc_ich mei hpilo hpwdt ipmi_si wmi ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter binfmt_misc auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sd_mod
[23169574.834283]  crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic mgag200 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm smartpqi uas crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common i40e drm crc32c_intel scsi_transport_sas tg3 ptp usb_storage drm_panel_orientation_quirks pps_core dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse [last unloaded: vboxnetflt]
[23169574.834285] CPU: 15 PID: 19690 Comm: iprt-VBoxTscThr Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W  OE  ------------   3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 #1
[23169574.834286] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/ProLiant DL380 Gen10, BIOS U30 03/08/2022
[23169574.834286] task: ffff9c7e9c79b180 ti: ffff9c7e423e0000 task.ti: ffff9c7e423e0000
[23169574.834292] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc09adaa2>]  [<ffffffffc09adaa2>] VBoxHost_RTSpinlockAcquire+0x12/0x60 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834292] RSP: 0018:ffff9c7e423e3e50  EFLAGS: 00010246
[23169574.834293] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: dead000000000200
[23169574.834294] RDX: ffff9cad14ba0810 RSI: 0000000000000282 RDI: 0000000000000000
[23169574.834294] RBP: ffff9c7e423e3e60 R08: ffff9cad0a7abd88 R09: ffff9cadfcfbd280
[23169574.834295] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000400 R12: 0000000000000246
[23169574.834295] R13: ffffffffc09add40 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[23169574.834296] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9cdc7f9c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[23169574.834297] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[23169574.834297] CR2: 0000000000000004 CR3: 00000032bfa10000 CR4: 00000000007607e0
[23169574.834298] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[23169574.834299] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[23169574.834299] PKRU: 00000000
[23169574.834299] Call Trace:
[23169574.834306]  [<ffffffffc09b6ff9>] rtThreadRemove+0x19/0x40 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834312]  [<ffffffffc09b7cb3>] rtThreadTerminate+0x33/0x50 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834316]  [<ffffffffc09b7d14>] rtThreadMain+0x44/0x50 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834321]  [<ffffffffc09add5b>] rtThreadNativeMain+0x1b/0x20 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834324]  [<ffffffff8f8c5c21>] kthread+0xd1/0xe0
[23169574.834326]  [<ffffffff8f8c5b50>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[23169574.834328]  [<ffffffff8ff93ddd>] ret_from_fork_nospec_begin+0x7/0x21
[23169574.834330]  [<ffffffff8f8c5b50>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[23169574.834343] Code: f5 97 ff ff 5d 31 c0 f3 c3 b8 fe ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 54 53 48 89 fb 9c 41 5c <f6> 43 04 02 48 8d 7f 10 75 2c e8 bf bf 5d cf 4c 89 e2 b8 ff ff 
[23169574.834347] RIP  [<ffffffffc09adaa2>] VBoxHost_RTSpinlockAcquire+0x12/0x60 [vboxdrv]
[23169574.834348]  RSP <ffff9c7e423e3e50>
[23169574.834348] CR2: 0000000000000004

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • 3rd party modules loaded
    • vboxdrv

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