RHEL8: kernel panic at kobject_del+0x17 due to General Protection Fault

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel panic with logs:
[   35.719244] CPU: 2 PID: 3298 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: P       OE   ---------- -   - 4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10.x86_64 #1
[   35.719294] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision 7710/0R7JMV, BIOS 1.31.3 03/09/2023
[   35.719327] RIP: 0010:kobject_del+0x17/0x60
[   35.719351] Code: cc cc cc cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 85 ff 74 4f 55 53 48 8b 47 28 48 89 fb 48 8b 6f 30 48 85 c0 74 09 <48> 8b 70 28 e8 20 dd a0 ff 48 89 df e8 48 d1 a0 ff 48 89 ef e8 90
[   35.719430] RSP: 0000:ffffa66a43fbfc88 EFLAGS: 00010202
[   35.719456] RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RBX: ffff8aa48a065018 RCX: b499f14ebabb1b86
[   35.719488] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffff8aa48a065018
[   35.719520] RBP: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8aa53193f200
[   35.719552] R10: ffff8aa53103f200 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffc5f98180
[   35.719583] R13: ffffffffc5f98350 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffa66a43fbfe88
[   35.719616] FS:  00007f4a8dd16200(0000) GS:ffff8aabe4480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   35.719652] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   35.719678] CR2: 000055e5de5d5000 CR3: 000000001091e6002 CR4: 00000000003706e0
[   35.719710] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1:0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[   35.719742] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6:00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[   35.719774] Call Trace:
[   35.719788] ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60
[   35.719808] ? die_addr+0x38/0x51
[   35.719826] ? do_general_protection+0x13/0x280
[   35.719850] ? kobject_del+0x17/0x60
[   35.719892] ? 0xffffffffc5fa1000
[   35.719909] ? 0xffffffffc5fa1000
[   35.719926] kset_unregister+0x12/0x20
[   35.719946] sysman_init+0x1ff/0x1000 [dell_wmi_sysman]
[   35.719974] do_one_initcall+0x46/0x1d0
[   35.719995] ? do_init_module+0x22/0x230
[   35.720014] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x142/0x280
[   35.720039] do_init_module+0x5a/0x230
[   35.720059] load_module+0x1582/0x18c0
[   35.720082] ? _do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
[   35.720106] __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
[   35.720129] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[   35.720149] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xcb

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10.z
  • kernel-4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10
  • Dell Inc. Precision (i.e 7710) with DISA STIG Profile

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