Kernel panics while unloading twnotify module with error invalid opcod or BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request during reboot post patching

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Issue

  • System is experiencing a kernel panic with "invalid opcode" or "BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request" errors when shutting down after applying patches:
[  563.403029]  8574 twnotify: twnotify_cleanup_module: starting... 
[  563.406202]  8574 twnotify: twnotify_set_qlimit: Starting set qlimit=0 (was 0 with 0 active entries)
[  563.410679]  8574 twnotify: twnotify_cleanup_module:   unregistering ... 
[  563.414069]  8574 twnotify: twnotify_cleanup_module:   done. 
[  563.416870] twnotify: exit done 
[  572.582222] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc0689c1b
[  572.583205] IP: [<ffffffffc0689c1b>] 0xffffffffc0689c1b
[  572.583205] PGD 25414067 PUD 25416067 PMD 2b6973067 PTE 0
[  572.583205] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP 
[  572.583205] CPU: 1 PID: 4683 Comm: grep Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE  ------------ T 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[  572.583205] task: ffff8b7ef50c6300 ti: ffff8b7e6523c000 task.ti: ffff8b7e6523c000
[  572.583205] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc0689c1b>]  [<ffffffffc0689c1b>] 0xffffffffc0689c1b
[  572.583205] RSP: 0018:ffff8b7e6523ff38  EFLAGS: 00010282
[  572.583205] RAX: ffffffffffffffe0 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff8b7e97a37030
[  572.583205] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8b7ef5670300
[  572.583205] RBP: ffff8b7e6523ff48 R08: ffff8b7ef50c6a90 R09: ffff8b7ef4203640
[  572.583205] R10: 000000000000000c R11: 0000000000000005 R12: 0000000000000001
[  572.583205] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[  572.583205] FS:  00007ff0229aa740(0000) GS:ffff8b7effd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  572.670019] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  572.670019] CR2: ffffffffc0689c1b CR3: 00000002250d0000 CR4: 0000000000360ee0
[  572.670019] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  572.670019] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[  572.670019] Call Trace:
[  572.670019]  [<ffffffffb0bc539a>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a
[  572.670019] Code:  Bad RIP value.
[  572.670019] RIP  [<ffffffffc0689c1b>] 0xffffffffc0689c1b
[  572.670019]  RSP <ffff8b7e6523ff38>
[  572.670019] CR2: ffffffffc0689c1b
[  572.670019] ---[ end trace c4a4339cae09b122 ]---
[  572.670019] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
[  572.670019] Kernel Offset: 0x2f400000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Third-party kernel module [twnotify]

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