VMware VM crashes due to double fault following multiple page faults

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Issue

  • VMware VM crashes due to double fault following multiple page faults.
[11745760.040680] WARNING: stack recursion on stack type 5
[11745760.040687] WARNING: stack going in the wrong direction? at double_fault+0x1e/0x30
[11745760.040690] PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0
[11745760.040691] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P            E    --------- -  - 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 #1
[11745760.040692] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020
[11745760.040692] RIP: 0010:__do_page_fault+0x18/0x450
[11745760.040693] Code: 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 8b 00 a8 04 74 9c e9 0f fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 d4 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 <65> 48 8b 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 83 ec 18 48 8b 80 50 08 00 00 0f 0d
[11745760.040693] RSP: 0018:fffffe0000007020 EFLAGS: 00010046
[11745760.040694] RAX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff95400b87
[11745760.040695] RDX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: fffffe0000007088
[11745760.040695] RBP: fffffe0000007088 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040696] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0febf81dc40
[11745760.040696] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040697] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a9670c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[11745760.040697] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[11745760.040697] CR2: fffffe0000006ff8 CR3: 00000001047a2000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
[11745760.040698] Call Trace:
[11745760.040698]  <#DF>
[11745760.040698]  do_page_fault+0x37/0x130
[11745760.040698]  page_fault+0x1e/0x30
[11745760.040699] RIP: 0010:__do_page_fault+0x18/0x450
[11745760.040699] Code: 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 8b 00 a8 04 74 9c e9 0f fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 d4 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 <65> 48 8b 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 83 ec 18 48 8b 80 50 08 00 00 0f 0d
[11745760.040700] RSP: 0018:fffffe0000007130 EFLAGS: 00010046
[11745760.040701] RAX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff95400b87
[11745760.040701] RDX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: fffffe0000007198
[11745760.040701] RBP: fffffe0000007198 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040702] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0febf81dc40
[11745760.040702] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040703]  ? native_iret+0x7/0x7
[11745760.040703]  do_page_fault+0x37/0x130
[11745760.040703]  page_fault+0x1e/0x30
[11745760.040703] RIP: 0010:__do_page_fault+0x18/0x450
[11745760.040704] Code: 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 8b 00 a8 04 74 9c e9 0f fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 d4 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 <65> 48 8b 04 25 40 dc 01 00 48 83 ec 18 48 8b 80 50 08 00 00 0f 0d
[11745760.040705] RSP: 0018:fffffe0000007240 EFLAGS: 00010046
[11745760.040705] RAX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff95400b87
[11745760.040706] RDX: ffffa0febf81dc40 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: fffffe00000072a8
[11745760.040706] RBP: fffffe00000072a8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040706] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0febf81dc40
[11745760.040707] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[11745760.040707]  ? native_iret+0x7/0x7
[11745760.040707]  do_page_fault+0x37/0x130
[11745760.040708]  page_fault+0x1e/0x30
[11745760.040708] RIP: 0010:__do_page_fault+0x18/0x450

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • VMware VM

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