The kernel crashes due to a NULL pointer dereference occurs in update_blocked_averages()

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Issue

  • The kernel crashes due to a NULL pointer dereference occurs in update_blocked_averages()
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] IP: [<ffffffffbc4e7eb7>] update_blocked_averages+0x87/0x700
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] PGD 0 
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] Modules linked in: vsock_diag tcp_diag udp_diag inet_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag oracleacfs(POE) oracleadvm(POE) oracleoks(POE) rpcsec_gss_krb5 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack nfsv3 nfs fscache oracleasm(O) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock ppdev vmw_balloon iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd joydev pcspkr sg parport_pc parport vmw_vmci i2c_piix4 binfmt_misc nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi vmwgfx sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm ahci crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common crc32c_intel drm ata_piix libahci nfit libata serio_raw libnvdimm vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi drm_panel_orientation_quirks floppy
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse [last unloaded: oracleoks]
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] CPU: 12 PID: 2312 Comm: crsd.bin Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE  ------------   3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] task: ffff9879a0d74200 ti: ffff987a6ad0c000 task.ti: ffff987a6ad0c000
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffbc4e7eb7>]  [<ffffffffbc4e7eb7>] update_blocked_averages+0x87/0x700
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RSP: 0018:ffff987a6ad0fb70  EFLAGS: 00010002
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: ffff98792bf20180 RCX: ffff9879354aec00
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000d RDI: 0000000000000000
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RBP: ffff987a6ad0fbd8 R08: ffff987c9d91ad40 R09: 0000000000000000
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000000b7fe R12: ffff987c9800da00
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] R13: ffff9879354a6800 R14: ffff987c9d91acc0 R15: ffff987c9d91b530
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] FS:  00007f5f6c373700(0000) GS:ffff987c9d900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000005cbe2a000 CR4: 00000000007607e0
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] PKRU: 55555554
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] Call Trace:
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc4e91dc>] ? dequeue_entity+0x11c/0x5d0
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc4effb6>] pick_next_task_fair+0x4e6/0x880
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbcbb76f8>] __schedule+0xf8/0x680
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbcbb7ca9>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbcbb7ca9>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc5197e6>] futex_wait_queue_me+0xc6/0x130
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc51a5eb>] futex_wait+0x17b/0x290
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc4cf340>] ? hrtimer_get_res+0x50/0x50
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc5197c4>] ? futex_wait_queue_me+0xa4/0x130
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc51c2e6>] do_futex+0x106/0x4d0
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbc51c730>] SyS_futex+0x80/0x190
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  [<ffffffffbcbc539a>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] Code: 48 89 45 c8 48 8b 45 c8 48 39 c7 4c 8d a0 50 ff ff ff 0f 84 ab 01 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 8b 94 24 c0 00 00 00 49 63 86 30 09 00 00 <48> 8b 4a 40 48 8b 52 48 48 8b 1c c1 4c 8b 2c c2 e9 54 01 00 00 
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] RIP  [<ffffffffbc4e7eb7>] update_blocked_averages+0x87/0x700
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024]  RSP <ffff987a6ad0fb70>
[Wed Feb 28 13:56:52 +04 2024] CR2: 0000000000000040

Environment

  • RHEL7.9.z - kernel-3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7

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