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[Bug 1567622] Re: Kernel Oops - unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000910 in update_blocked_averages

 

Thomas Orozco, to clarify, could you please advise which version of
VirtualBox you were using when this problem happened, and which one you
upgraded to that resolved it?

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Title:
  Kernel Oops - unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
  0000000000000910 in update_blocked_averages

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Running in Virtualbox as a guest in a Macbook Pro, I'm running into a
  reliably-reproducible kernel oops on Ubuntu 16.04 with Linux
  4.4.0-17-generic.

  The stack trace isn't always the same, although the error always
  happens in the same `update_blocked_averages` function.

  Here' one oops:

  ```
  [   56.972407] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000910
  [   57.076894] IP: [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [   57.173751] PGD 0 
  [   57.193537] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
  [   57.245472] Modules linked in: veth xt_addrtype xt_conntrack ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc aufs ppdev crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec aesni_intel ac97_bus aes_x86_64 snd_pcm lrw gf128mul snd_timer input_leds glue_helper ablk_helper snd cryptd joydev serio_raw soundcore i2c_piix4 8250_fintek mac_hid parport_pc lp parport autofs4 hid_generic usbhid ahci psmouse hid libahci pata_acpi e1000 video fjes
  [   57.937239] CPU: 1 PID: 269 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 4.4.0-17-generic #33-Ubuntu
  [   58.049743] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
  [   58.189828] task: ffff8800d8f90dc0 ti: ffff8800da9a8000 task.ti: ffff8800da9a8000
  [   58.299087] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810b403d>]  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [   58.320327] RSP: 0018:ffff8800da9abc70  EFLAGS: 00010046
  [   58.366603] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88020c3bae00 RCX: 0000000000000000
  [   58.514856] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001
  [   58.612464] RBP: ffff8800da9abcc8 R08: afb504000afb5041 R09: 0000000000000000
  [   58.738629] R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000045
  [   58.885338] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8802198975c0 R15: 0000000000000001
  [   59.001563] FS:  00007f7db7f6e840(0000) GS:ffff880219880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [   59.160653] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [   59.296218] CR2: 0000000000000910 CR3: 000000020c3fd000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
  [   59.418514] Stack:
  [   59.458306]  00000000000205f5 ffff880219896d00 0000000000000086 afb504000afb5041
  [   59.580604]  0000000000000000 0000ad60ffff01fe 0000000000000001 00000000ffff02f8
  [   59.720268]  0000000000016d00 ffff880219896d00 ffff8800d8f91310 ffff8800da9abd38
  [   59.848040] Call Trace:
  [   59.902635]  [<ffffffff810bcbe7>] pick_next_task_fair+0x1e7/0x4f0
  [   59.992238]  [<ffffffff8181e175>] __schedule+0x125/0xa10
  [   60.030794]  [<ffffffff8181ea95>] schedule+0x35/0x80
  [   60.074193]  [<ffffffff81822053>] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x193/0x1b0
  [   60.134427]  [<ffffffff81254137>] ? ep_scan_ready_list+0x1e7/0x1f0
  [   60.195234]  [<ffffffff810c9591>] ? __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock+0x11/0x20
  [   60.289354]  [<ffffffff81822083>] schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x13/0x20
  [   60.325540]  [<ffffffff81254430>] ep_poll+0x2c0/0x3d0
  [   60.328490]  [<ffffffff810aaca0>] ? wake_up_q+0x70/0x70
  [   60.387888]  [<ffffffff81255718>] SyS_epoll_wait+0xb8/0xd0
  [   60.502960]  [<ffffffff81822b72>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x71
  [   60.610213] Code: 24 08 49 b8 41 50 fb 0a 00 04 b5 af 4d 89 fe 0f 1f 44 00 00 44 8b 9b 24 01 00 00 45 85 db 0f 85 a0 03 00 00 48 8b 83 c8 00 00 00 <48> 8b 80 10 09 00 00 48 2b 83 18 01 00 00 48 8b 93 a0 00 00 00 
  [   60.941287] RIP  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [   61.111617]  RSP <ffff8800da9abc70>
  [   61.201406] CR2: 0000000000000910
  [   61.258351] ---[ end trace fe3df8ee7b476828 ]---
  ```

  Here's another one:

  ```
  [  154.454951] BUG: unable to handle kernel [  154.455154] device vethe5e9554 entered promiscuous mode
  [  154.455202] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): vethe5e9554: link is not ready
  [  154.455203] docker0: port 1(vethe5e9554) entered forwarding state
  [  154.455210] docker0: port 1(vethe5e9554) entered forwarding state

  [  154.744305] NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000910
  [  154.783574] IP: [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  154.784877] PGD 0 
  [  154.785372] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
  [  154.790654] Modules linked in: veth xt_addrtype xt_conntrack ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc aufs vboxsf(OE) ppdev crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel snd_intel8x0 aes_x86_64 input_leds lrw snd_ac97_codec gf128mul glue_helper ac97_bus ablk_helper cryptd serio_raw vboxvideo(OE) joydev snd_pcm i2c_piix4 snd_timer drm 8250_fintek snd soundcore vboxguest(OE) parport_pc mac_hid lp parport autofs4 hid_generic usbhid ahci hid psmouse libahci e1000 pata_acpi video fjes
  [  155.387419] CPU: 0 PID: 2043 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G           OE   4.4.0-17-generic #33-Ubuntu
  [  155.546119] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
  [  155.654775] task: ffff8800dbb3b700 ti: ffff88020da8c000 task.ti: ffff88020da8c000
  [  155.753906] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810b403d>]  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  155.775805] RSP: 0000:ffff880219803df0  EFLAGS: 00010046
  [  155.811224] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8800db891200 RCX: 0000000000000001
  [  155.857524] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffffffffffff RDI: 0000000000000002
  [  155.861832] RBP: ffff880219803e50 R08: afb504000afb5041 R09: 0000000000000100
  [  155.980061] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000291
  [  156.059221] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8802198175c0 R15: 0000000000000001
  [  156.167527] FS:  00007f06cde8c8c0(0000) GS:ffff880219800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [  156.302318] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [  156.386563] CR2: 0000000000000910 CR3: 000000020c6a7000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
  [  156.507153] Stack:
  [  156.559351]  0000000000445496 ffff880219816d00 0000000000000286 afb504000afb5041
  [  156.590109]  0000000000000000 0043430019816d00 0000000000016d00 0000000000000000
  [  156.684722]  00000000ffff61a3 0000000000000001 ffff880219816d00 ffff8800db5097f8
  [  156.798239] Call Trace:
  [  156.837119]  <IRQ> 
  [  156.863469]  [<ffffffff810bcf3b>] rebalance_domains+0x4b/0x2d0
  [  156.997302]  [<ffffffff810ed7b9>] ? update_process_times+0x59/0x60
  [  157.111072]  [<ffffffff810bd399>] run_rebalance_domains+0x1d9/0x210
  [  157.183338]  [<ffffffff81051a4d>] ? lapic_next_event+0x1d/0x30
  [  157.271222]  [<ffffffff81084851>] __do_softirq+0x101/0x290
  [  157.359428]  [<ffffffff81084b53>] irq_exit+0xa3/0xb0
  [  157.453079]  [<ffffffff81825622>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x42/0x50
  [  157.535290]  [<ffffffff818238e2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x82/0x90
  [  157.656699]  <EOI> 
  [  157.688002]  [<ffffffff8118c88c>] ? filemap_map_pages+0x8c/0x230
  [  157.752691]  [<ffffffff810c9591>] ? __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock+0x11/0x20
  [  157.806798]  [<ffffffff811bec61>] handle_mm_fault+0x1131/0x1820
  [  157.860940]  [<ffffffff8122be24>] ? mntput+0x24/0x40
  [  157.904327]  [<ffffffff8106a537>] __do_page_fault+0x197/0x400
  [  157.984122]  [<ffffffff8106a7c2>] do_page_fault+0x22/0x30
  [  158.076895]  [<ffffffff81824cf8>] page_fault+0x28/0x30
  [  158.138672] Code: 24 08 49 b8 41 50 fb 0a 00 04 b5 af 4d 89 fe 0f 1f 44 00 00 44 8b 9b 24 01 00 00 45 85 db 0f 85 a0 03 00 00 48 8b 83 c8 00 00 00 <48> 8b 80 10 09 00 00 48 2b 83 18 01 00 00 48 8b 93 a0 00 00 00 
  [  158.290783] RIP  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  158.383333]  RSP <ffff880219803df0>
  [  158.414588] CR2: 0000000000000910
  [  158.467115] ---[ end trace 27ceb18bfd8d94ca ]---
  [  158.505862] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
  [  159.629144] Shutting down cpus with NMI
  [  159.745790] Kernel Offset: disabled
  [  159.859365] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
  ```

  And a third one:

  ```
  [  139.661389] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000910
  [  139.807547] IP: [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  139.946882] PGD 0 
  [  139.984609] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
  [  140.048650] Modules linked in: veth xt_addrtype xt_conntrack ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc aufs vboxsf ppdev crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec vboxvideo ac97_bus input_leds joydev snd_pcm drm snd_timer serio_raw snd i2c_piix4 soundcore 8250_fintek vboxguest parport_pc mac_hid lp parport autofs4 hid_generic usbhid ahci psmouse libahci hid e1000 pata_acpi fjes video
  [  141.115576] CPU: 0 PID: 2038 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.4.0-17-generic #33-Ubuntu
  [  141.310652] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
  [  141.415336] task: ffff88020c2b9b80 ti: ffff8800dadf0000 task.ti: ffff8800dadf0000
  [  141.519708] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810b403d>]  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  141.707701] RSP: 0018:ffff8800dadf3c70  EFLAGS: 00010046
  [  141.824270] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88020c1a9000 RCX: 0000000000000001
  [  141.999630] RDX: 0000000000000485 RSI: 00000000cd4629c5 RDI: ffff880219bf1000
  [  142.180519] RBP: ffff8800dadf3cc8 R08: afb504000afb5041 R09: 0000000000000000
  [  142.369893] R10: 00000000ffff518b R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000ffff5285
  [  142.525548] R13: 0000000000016d00 R14: ffff8802198175c0 R15: ffff8802198175c0
  [  142.675206] FS:  00007ff7980cf8c0(0000) GS:ffff880219800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [  142.871842] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [  143.019994] CR2: 0000000000000910 CR3: 00000000d8e0e000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
  [  143.181043] Stack:
  [  143.225953]  ffffffff813fcd45 ffff880219816d00 0000000000000086 ffffffff810c9591
  [  143.308932]  ffff88020ee31c00 00000000ffff518b 0000000000000000 00000000ffff5285
  [  143.470616]  0000000000016d00 ffff880219816d00 ffff88020c2ba0d0 ffff8800dadf3d38
  [  143.593228] Call Trace:
  [  143.695835]  [<ffffffff813fcd45>] ? find_next_bit+0x15/0x20
  [  143.812410]  [<ffffffff810c9591>] ? __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock+0x11/0x20
  [  143.999872]  [<ffffffff810bcbe7>] pick_next_task_fair+0x1e7/0x4f0
  [  144.104135]  [<ffffffff8181e175>] __schedule+0x125/0xa10
  [  144.120508]  [<ffffffff8181ea95>] schedule+0x35/0x80
  [  144.226139]  [<ffffffff81821f85>] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0xc5/0x1b0
  [  144.372190]  [<ffffffff810edbf0>] ? __hrtimer_init+0x90/0x90
  [  144.491899]  [<ffffffff81821f79>] ? schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0xb9/0x1b0
  [  144.646067]  [<ffffffff81822083>] schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x13/0x20
  [  144.687266]  [<ffffffff81254430>] ep_poll+0x2c0/0x3d0
  [  144.689511]  [<ffffffff810aaca0>] ? wake_up_q+0x70/0x70
  [  144.785095]  [<ffffffff81255718>] SyS_epoll_wait+0xb8/0xd0
  [  144.843879]  [<ffffffff81822b72>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x71
  [  144.859757] Code: 24 08 49 b8 41 50 fb 0a 00 04 b5 af 4d 89 fe 0f 1f 44 00 00 44 8b 9b 24 01 00 00 45 85 db 0f 85 a0 03 00 00 48 8b 83 c8 00 00 00 <48> 8b 80 10 09 00 00 48 2b 83 18 01 00 00 48 8b 93 a0 00 00 00 
  [  144.982177] RIP  [<ffffffff810b403d>] update_blocked_averages+0x8d/0x520
  [  145.024132]  RSP <ffff8800dadf3c70>
  [  145.069952] CR2: 0000000000000910
  [  145.118873] ---[ end trace 5324671710cba237 ]---
  ```

  
  I can reproduce this reliably using the following script (which relies on Docker). This starts a container, then adds another task into its namespace via `docker exec`, and then kills PID 1 in the container, which tears down the PID namespace and should kill both tasks. If I remove the `docker exec` line, there is no crash.

  ```
  #!/bin/bash
  set -exu

  cid=$(docker run -it -d ubuntu sleep 1000)
  docker exec "$cid" sleep 1000 &
  sleep 1
  docker kill -s KILL "$cid"

  docker run -it --rm ubuntu echo "Alive 1?"
  docker run -it --rm ubuntu echo "Alive 2?"
  docker run -it --rm ubuntu echo "Alive 3?"
  ```

  In the vast majority of cases, the crash will happen before "Alive 1?"
  is printed to the screen. In some cases, it'll happen at "Alive 2?".

  I tried reproducing the issue on an AWS instance, with no success so
  far.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: linux-image-4.4.0-17-generic 4.4.0-17.33
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-17.33-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-17-generic x86_64
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k4.4.0-17-generic.
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer'
  Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer'
  Date: Thu Apr  7 20:53:43 2016
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--build--vg-swap_1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (63 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
  IwConfig:
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
  ProcFB:
   
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-17-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--build--vg-root ro console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-17-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-17-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.157
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-06 (1 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
  dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.board.version: 1.2
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.product.version: 1.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

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