Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at null; RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<(null)>] (null)

Bug #622704 reported by Davide P.
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Bug Description

This problem appears twice and I found it after quitting the screensaver, so unfortunately I'm not sure what kind of apps could produced the bug.

The only apps opened was firefox and apparently the os was not doing any other particular operations.

Hope this can help you to find the bug.
Cheers

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-17-generic 2.6.35-17.23
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic 2.6.35.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: davide 1868 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xc4500000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1486,00100402'
   Controls : 14
   Simple ctrls : 9
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xc4420000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
Date: Mon Aug 23 10:48:08 2010
Failure: oops
Frequency: This has only happened once.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4124912b-8e4e-409d-8490-a349ffdf8cb7
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100804)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=7b428850-79b8-41ca-9012-efae971967c5 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: hp-wwan: Wireless WAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: [18446744059.501920] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.04
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1486
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 83.15
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU025061X
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.04:bd05/31/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttm2NotebookPC:pvr0489200000252A20001220000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1486:rvrKBCVersion83.15:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0489200000252A20001220000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

Revision history for this message
Davide P. (scaltro) wrote :
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: acpi
tags: added: acpi-brightness
tags: added: acpi-parse-exec-fail
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: removed: regression-potential
Revision history for this message
penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

davide P., 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, could you run the following command in a supported release 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: - 18446744059.501920 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
- dereference at null
+ Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
+ null; RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<(null)>] (null)
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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