VMware VM crashes due to Double Fault that happens in user stack.

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Issue

  • VMware VM crashes due to Double Fault that happens in user stack.
[18028136.057192] PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0
[18028136.057233] CPU: 1 PID: 1614902 Comm: 2_scheduler Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64 #1
[18028136.057234] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.16707776.B64.2008070230 08/07/2020
[18028136.057234] RIP: 0033:0x7faed43b51e6
[18028136.057235] Code: d0 eb ff ff 49 ff ce 7f 0c 48 8d 15 f4 ff ff ff e8 af eb ff ff 48 8b 73 08 40 f6 c6 01 0f 85 05 01 00 00 81 7e fe c0 02 00 00 <0f> 85 f8 00 00 00 48 8b 7e 56 48 89 7b 20 48 8b 4b 20 48 8b 3b 49
[18028136.057236] RSP: 002b:00007faeaef3f680 EFLAGS: 00000246
[18028136.057236] RAX: 00007faeaef3ce32 RBX: 00007faf9dd97dc0 RCX: 0000000000000002
[18028136.057237] RDX: 00007faeaef3d248 RSI: 00007faeaef3ce32 RDI: 00007faeaef3ce32
[18028136.057237] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007faeaef3ce90 R09: 000000000000000b
[18028136.057238] R10: 0000000018bd8694 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007faeaef3f6b0
[18028136.057238] R13: 00007faed7ed1ed8 R14: 0000000000000f81 R15: 00007faeaef3d218
[18028136.057238] FS:  00007faf9dd9c700 GS:  ffff945a61e40000
[18028136.057239] Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine halted.
[18028136.057239] CPU: 1 PID: 1614902 Comm: 2_scheduler Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64 #1
[18028136.057240] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.16707776.B64.2008070230 08/07/2020
[18028136.057240] Call Trace:
[18028136.057240]  <#DF>
[18028136.057241]  dump_stack+0x41/0x60
[18028136.057241]  panic+0xe7/0x2ac
[18028136.057241]  df_debug+0x29/0x36
[18028136.057241]  do_double_fault+0xe8/0x180
[18028136.057242]  double_fault+0x1e/0x30
[18028136.057242] RIP: 0033:0x7faed43b51e6
[18028136.057242] Code: d0 eb ff ff 49 ff ce 7f 0c 48 8d 15 f4 ff ff ff e8 af eb ff ff 48 8b 73 08 40 f6 c6 01 0f 85 05 01 00 00 81 7e fe c0 02 00 00 <0f> 85 f8 00 00 00 48 8b 7e 56 48 89 7b 20 48 8b 4b 20 48 8b 3b 49
[18028136.057243] RSP: 002b:00007faeaef3f680 EFLAGS: 00000246
[18028136.057244] RAX: 00007faeaef3ce32 RBX: 00007faf9dd97dc0 RCX: 0000000000000002
[18028136.057244] RDX: 00007faeaef3d248 RSI: 00007faeaef3ce32 RDI: 00007faeaef3ce32
[18028136.057244] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007faeaef3ce90 R09: 000000000000000b
[18028136.057245] R10: 0000000018bd8694 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007faeaef3f6b0
[18028136.057245] R13: 00007faed7ed1ed8 R14: 0000000000000f81 R15: 00007faeaef3d218
[18028136.057245]  </#DF>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • VMware vSphere ESXi

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