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Re: kernel oops with Google Chrome after recent security update (2.6.32-35squeeze1)



On 2011-09-10, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:19:52 +0000, Curt wrote:
>
>> After installing a kernel security update yesterday, I'm getting random
>> kernel oops when using Google Chrome. Anybody else seeing this
>> phenomenon?
>
> Yes, a couple of users in the Spanish mailing list are also reporting 
> this.
>
> Can you explain what is the current issue? I mean, does the "oops" happen 
> when launching the browser? What's the content of the "oops"? I could not 

No, thus the word "random." Appears to happen randomly (without
predicability) while surfing, effectively crashing the browser.

> understand what they were referring to :-?

Content? 
 
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749031] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffffffff
ffff3
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749043] IP: [<ffffffff8112f98d>] m_stop+0x15/0x4c
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749060] PGD 1003067 PUD 1004067 PMD 0 
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749070] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749076] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scal
ing_cur_freq
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749083] CPU 0 
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749087] Modules linked in: powernow_k8 cpufreq_conservative cpufre
q_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_userspace parport_pc ppdev lp parport binfmt_misc fuse firewire_sbp2 loo
p snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_mi
di snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device acer_wmi snd rfkill led_class soundcore
 wmi psmouse i2c_nforce2 nvidia(P) k10temp pcspkr i2c_core edac_core evdev snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd ser
io_raw video output button processor ext3 jbd mbcache sg sd_mod sr_mod cdrom crc_t10dif usbhid ata_generic
 usb_storage hid ohci_hcd pata_amd ahci firewire_ohci firewire_core fan crc_itu_t libata ehci_hcd scsi_mod
 thermal thermal_sys forcedeth usbcore nls_base [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
Sep  9 17:40:12 einstein kernel: [22866.749200] Pid: 2413, comm: chrome Tainted: P           2.6.32-5-amd6
4 #1 Aspire X1301

(etc....)

> (searching...)
>
> This can be related:
> http://www.google.vu/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=51f63d2301865ceb&hl=en

> Which fianlly points to this:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640966

That's it.  I guess the "kernel team" is working on it, God bless 'em.

> -- 
> Camaleón
>
>


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