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Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null); EIP is at vhba_ctl_read+0x16e/0x230 [vhba]

Bug #752168 reported by Joost Hink
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cdemu
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CDEmu
linux (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

After each log in a serious kernel issue occures

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.40
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.40-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-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
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: joost 1637 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/seq: timidity 1438 F.... timidity
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe8580000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981'
   Components : 'HDA:11d41981,103c30aa,00100200 HDA:11c13026,103c30aa,00100700'
   Controls : 13
   Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Wed Apr 6 05:35:40 2011
Failure: oops
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5e67cb3d-116c-4352-aec7-be34f05d2e0b
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nc6320 (RU403ET#ABH)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=78ed3c75-cebc-436f-82ef-ffafdcf02f8a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.49
SourcePackage: linux
Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-06 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YDU Ver. F.0E
dmi.board.name: 30AA
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 58.13
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU707013K
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YDUVer.F.0E:bd02/21/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnc6320(RU403ET#ABH):pvrF.0E:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30AA:rvrKBCVersion58.13:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nc6320 (RU403ET#ABH)
dmi.product.version: F.0E
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Joost Hink (johink-quicknet) wrote :
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Joost Hink (johink-quicknet) wrote :

Addition: after each login above kernel error occurs; after closing the error messages laptop seems to run normal.

Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Joost Hink (johink-quicknet) wrote :

Solved: saw Bug #745362

And removed:
cdemu-client
gcdemu
cdemu-daemon
cdemu-deamon-dbg
vhba-dkms
libmirage3
libmirage3-dbg

Now kernelOops/BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) error is gone

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: vhba
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: kernel-driver-vhba
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Joost Hink, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. However, vhba-dkms is not a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks!

If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu the following pages should be informative:

1. http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/components - information about Ubuntu repositories
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - information regarding managing repositories

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
summary: - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
+ Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
+ (null); EIP is at vhba_ctl_read+0x16e/0x230 [vhba]
Henrik S. (henrik-hw0)
Changed in cdemu:
assignee: nobody → CDEmu (cdemu)
status: New → Triaged
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