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Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000134; EIP is at mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0

Bug #608109 reported by Mirco Müller
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Bug Description

Sometimes when I boot I see the ubuntu-splash-screen being garbled and the system just doesn't continue to boot into gdm (waited up to 5 minutes). I can switch to a vt (Ctrl-Alt-F1) login as normal user an trigger a reboot doing "sudo shutdown -r now". That usually allows me to get the system boot correctly again. Looking at syslog and dmesg I find this...

from syslog:

Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 init: plymouth main process (345) killed by KILL signal
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656514] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000134
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656522] IP: [<c0136033>] mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656532] *pde = 7d3c4067
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656536] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656540] last sysfs file: /sys/module/l2cap/initstate
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656545] Modules linked in: rfcomm sco parport_pc bridge stp bnep ppdev l2cap arc4 snd_hda_codec_analog ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw snd_hda_intel ath thinkpad_acpi snd_hda_codec mac80211 cfg80211 snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event vga16fb vgastate snd_seq pcmcia snd_timer snd_seq_device snd yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core i915 drm_kms_helper drm psmouse tpm_tis serio_raw i2c_algo_bit tpm joydev snd_page_alloc tpm_bios soundcore btusb nvram lp intel_agp agpgart bluetooth parport video output usbhid hid firewire_ohci sdhci_pci firewire_core sdhci ahci led_class crc_itu_t libahci e1000e
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656615]
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656620] Pid: 345, comm: plymouthd Not tainted 2.6.35-9-generic #14-Ubuntu 776294G/776294G
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656624] EIP: 0060:[<c0136033>] EFLAGS: 00010202 CPU: 0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656628] EIP is at mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656632] EAX: f71af808 EBX: f71af808 ECX: c03e3d10 EDX: 00000124
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656635] ESI: 00000124 EDI: f71af818 EBP: f6bd7ef8 ESP: f6bd7ef0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656638] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656642] Process plymouthd (pid: 345, ti=f6bd6000 task=f6458cb0 task.ti=f6bd6000)
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656644] Stack:
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656646] f71af808 00000124 f6bd7f24 c05cb113 c2341360 f6458cb0 f6458cb0 c23413c0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656655] <0> c2403a48 00000008 f71af808 f71af808 f6e17550 f6bd7f34 c05cb0b5 f71af800
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656665] <0> f71af808 f6bd7f44 c03e3d2f f6637880 00000008 f6bd7f74 c021a12f 00000003
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656675] Call Trace:
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656682] [<c05cb113>] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x140
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656688] [<c05cb0b5>] ? mutex_lock+0x25/0x40
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656693] [<c03e3d2f>] ? fb_release+0x1f/0x60
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656698] [<c021a12f>] ? __fput+0xdf/0x1f0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656703] [<c021a25d>] ? fput+0x1d/0x30
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656708] [<c0216b4c>] ? filp_close+0x4c/0x80
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656712] [<c0216bf5>] ? sys_close+0x75/0xc0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656717] [<c05cc7fc>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656721] [<c05c0000>] ? pci_fixup_i450nx+0x72/0xba
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656724] Code: 7c 08 81 f9 ff 03 00 00 77 c5 be 01 00 00 00 90 eb c5 8d b6 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 56 53 0f 1f 44 00 00 f6 05 c1 92 82 c0 20 74 7d <8b> 4a 10 83 f9 07 77 75 8b 1d 6c c3 5d c0 0f a3 0b 19 db 85 db
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656777] EIP: [<c0136033>] mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0 SS:ESP 0068:f6bd7ef0
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656784] CR2: 0000000000000134
Jul 21 10:39:37 X61 kernel: [ 22.656788] ---[ end trace 63054e6335d131c5 ]---

from dmesg:
[ 22.656514] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000134
[ 22.656522] IP: [<c0136033>] mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0
[ 22.656532] *pde = 7d3c4067
[ 22.656536] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 22.656540] last sysfs file: /sys/module/l2cap/initstate
[ 22.656545] Modules linked in: rfcomm sco parport_pc bridge stp bnep ppdev l2cap arc4 snd_hda_codec_analog ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw
snd_hda_intel ath thinkpad_acpi snd_hda_codec mac80211 cfg80211 snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event vga16fb vgas
tate snd_seq pcmcia snd_timer snd_seq_device snd yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core i915 drm_kms_helper drm psmouse tpm_tis serio_raw i2
c_algo_bit tpm joydev snd_page_alloc tpm_bios soundcore btusb nvram lp intel_agp agpgart bluetooth parport video output usbhid hid firewir
e_ohci sdhci_pci firewire_core sdhci ahci led_class crc_itu_t libahci e1000e
[ 22.656615]
[ 22.656620] Pid: 345, comm: plymouthd Not tainted 2.6.35-9-generic #14-Ubuntu 776294G/776294G
[ 22.656624] EIP: 0060:[<c0136033>] EFLAGS: 00010202 CPU: 0
[ 22.656628] EIP is at mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0
[ 22.656632] EAX: f71af808 EBX: f71af808 ECX: c03e3d10 EDX: 00000124
[ 22.656635] ESI: 00000124 EDI: f71af818 EBP: f6bd7ef8 ESP: f6bd7ef0
[ 22.656638] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
[ 22.656642] Process plymouthd (pid: 345, ti=f6bd6000 task=f6458cb0 task.ti=f6bd6000)
[ 22.656644] Stack:
[ 22.656646] f71af808 00000124 f6bd7f24 c05cb113 c2341360 f6458cb0 f6458cb0 c23413c0
[ 22.656655] <0> c2403a48 00000008 f71af808 f71af808 f6e17550 f6bd7f34 c05cb0b5 f71af800
[ 22.656665] <0> f71af808 f6bd7f44 c03e3d2f f6637880 00000008 f6bd7f74 c021a12f 00000003
[ 22.656675] Call Trace:
[ 22.656682] [<c05cb113>] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x140
[ 22.656688] [<c05cb0b5>] ? mutex_lock+0x25/0x40
[ 22.656693] [<c03e3d2f>] ? fb_release+0x1f/0x60
[ 22.656698] [<c021a12f>] ? __fput+0xdf/0x1f0
[ 22.656703] [<c021a25d>] ? fput+0x1d/0x30
[ 22.656708] [<c0216b4c>] ? filp_close+0x4c/0x80
[ 22.656712] [<c0216bf5>] ? sys_close+0x75/0xc0
[ 22.656717] [<c05cc7fc>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 22.656721] [<c05c0000>] ? pci_fixup_i450nx+0x72/0xba
[ 22.656724] Code: 7c 08 81 f9 ff 03 00 00 77 c5 be 01 00 00 00 90 eb c5 8d b6 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 56 53 0f 1f 44 00 00 f6 05 c1 92 82
c0 20 74 7d <8b> 4a 10 83 f9 07 77 75 8b 1d 6c c3 5d c0 0f a3 0b 19 db 85 db
[ 22.656777] EIP: [<c0136033>] mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0 SS:ESP 0068:f6bd7ef0
[ 22.656784] CR2: 0000000000000134
[ 22.656788] ---[ end trace 63054e6335d131c5 ]---

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-9-generic 2.6.35-9.14
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-9.14-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-9-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mirco 1644 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe020000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984'
   Components : 'HDA:11d41984,17aa20dd,00100400'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 19
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7RHT16WW-1.02'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7RHT16WW-1.02'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Wed Jul 21 10:39:51 2010
Failure: oops
Frequency: Once a day.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a99e61f0-83fe-4159-9aef-cad0fe4f8c5d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100719)
MachineType: LENOVO 776294G
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V 32-bit PC Card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-9-generic root=UUID=91581fd6-1d2d-435d-8cfa-09934f1c476e ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37
SourcePackage: linux
Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000134
dmi.bios.date: 07/03/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7SET18WW (1.04 )
dmi.board.name: 776294G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7SET18WW(1.04):bd07/03/2007:svnLENOVO:pn776294G:pvrThinkPadX61Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn776294G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 776294G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X61 Tablet
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Mirco Müller (macslow) wrote :
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Mirco Müller (macslow) wrote :

The effects of this crash vary from time to time. On occasions it prevents the machine from booting up completely. Even switching to a VT doesn't work

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Vsevolod Velichko (torkvemada) wrote :

Same for me. Produced on HP TouchSmart tm2-1080er, Ubuntu Maverick i386, kernels 2.6.34-7, 2.6.34-14, 2.6.34-15. Package versions are daily upgraded from maverick repository.

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Vsevolod Velichko (torkvemada) wrote :

aah, there should be 2.6.35 instead of 2.6.34.

Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: acpi-bad-address
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)
tags: removed: regression-potential
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Mirco Müller, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue in a supported release, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

summary: - plymouth failing to go to gdm, garbled screen during boot
+ Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
+ 00000134; EIP is at mutex_spin_on_owner+0x13/0xa0
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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