RHEL5: kernel crash with RIP generic_make_request+0x20a/0x228 called from submit_bio, corrupt request_queue pointer
Issue
- kernel crashed with the following RIP
RIP [<ffffffff8001c2fe>] generic_make_request+0x20a/0x228
- Partial oops message (converted from a screen picture, so some characters may be incorrect)
Call Trace
[<ffffffff88823381>] mempool_alloc+0x31/0xe7
[<ffffffff8883389a>l submit_bio+0xe6/0xed
[<ffffffff8881aad2>] submit_bh+0xf4/0x114
[<ffffffff8881?5c8>] ll_rw_block+0x8c/0xdb
[<ffffffff8885319c>] :ext3:ext3_find_entry+0x362/0x575
[<ffffffff8B863882>] thread_return+0x62/0xfe
[<ffffffff88854a8f>l :ext3:ext3_lookup+0x33/0x162
[<ffffffff8888d89c>] do_lookup+0x126/0x227
[<ffffffff8B8BaZ95>] __link path_walk+0x9e8/0xf25
[<ffffffff8888cb23>] 1ink_path_walk+0x45/0xb8
[<ffffffff8888cdf6>] do_path_lookup+0x294/0x318
[<ffffffff8882388c>] __path_lookup_intent_open+0x56/0x97
[<ffffffff8B81b8e7>] open_namei+0x73/0x6ba
[<ffffffff888275c8>] do filp open+0x1c/0x38
[<ffffffff88819f9a>] do_sys_open+0x44/0xbe
[<ffffffff8885d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0x68
Code: 41 ff 95 98 88 88 88 85 c8 Bf 85 48 fe ff ff 48 83 c4 48 5b
RIP [<ffffffff8881c2fe>] generic_make_request+0x20a/0x228
RSP <ffff8181ZZ813a18>
<0>Kernel panic — not syncing: Fatal exception
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- seen on kernel 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
- Symantec 'symbdsnap' kernel module is installed.
- Note the kernel version is slightly different than the running kernel.
May 22 07:17:46 localhost kernel: symbdsnap: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
symbdsnap-2.0.3-45805.2.6.18_308.el5.x86_64 Fri 21 Mar 2014 06:11:23 PM EDT
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