Here is the complete Ooops: [134346.139427] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000104 [134346.139570] IP: [<f8c71e63>] vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] [134346.139715] *pdpt = 0000000035347001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [134346.139804] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [134346.139857] Modules linked in: vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock binfmt_misc ppdev vmw_balloon joydev input_leds serio_raw 8250_fintek shpchp i2c_piix4 parport_pc vmw_vmci mac_hid quota_v2 quota_tree ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi lp parport autofs4 btrfs raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear vmwgfx psmouse ttm pcnet32 mptspi drm_kms_helper mptscsih syscopyarea sysfillrect mptbase sysimgblt fb_sys_fops mii drm scsi_transport_spi pata_acpi floppy fjes [134346.140778] CPU: 0 PID: 13294 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 4.4.0-43-generic #63-Ubuntu [134346.140879] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 09/17/2015 [134346.141047] Workqueue: events_freezable vmballoon_work [vmw_balloon] [134346.141146] task: f1ee9180 ti: ed3be000 task.ti: ed3be000 [134346.141239] EIP: 0060:[<f8c71e63>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 [134346.141315] EIP is at vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] [134346.141497] EAX: f76e4a3c EBX: 00000100 ECX: f76f8000 EDX: 000001bb [134346.141713] ESI: 000001bb EDI: f8c74410 EBP: ed3bfefc ESP: ed3bfeb8 [134346.141769] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [134346.141818] CR0: 8005003b CR2: 00000104 CR3: 35a57d00 CR4: 000006f0 [134346.141938] Stack: [134346.141962] f8c74330 ed3bfed4 00000286 000000fa f2826d00 ed3bfee4 00000286 f8c74330 [134346.142050] 00000000 00000001 f8c74300 f8c74300 00000100 000000ec f8c74410 f1694c00 [134346.142153] f5dbb8c0 ed3bff34 c1087751 aa510bc3 00007a2f aa4e1e10 00007a2f f5dbbdc0 [134346.142240] Call Trace: [134346.142272] [<c1087751>] process_one_work+0x121/0x3f0 [134346.142321] [<c1087a57>] worker_thread+0x37/0x490 [134346.142444] [<c1087a20>] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 [134346.142496] [<c108cf06>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0 [134346.142547] [<c17b3309>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x38 [134346.142600] [<c108ce60>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x170/0x170 [134346.142653] Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 74 1c 8b 5c 24 24 8b 97 1c ff ff ff 05 00 02 00 00 0f af de 29 da 39 c2 0f 82 95 01 00 00 8b 59 14 8b 41 18 89 f2 <89> 43 04 89 18 8d 5e 01 c7 41 14 00 01 00 00 c7 41 18 00 02 00 [134346.148533] EIP: [<f8c71e63>] vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] SS:ESP 0068:ed3bfeb8 [134346.150469] CR2: 0000000000000104
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641403 Title: Kernel Oops, possibly VMWare ballooning related Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Dear Maintainers I have encountered a kernel oops, which causes the VM to hard hang. This is an Ubuntu VM running on an ESXi 5.5 host. The hang happens regularly (as in every few days). There is some memory pressure on the host, which explain the ballooning. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-43.63-generic 4.4.21 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-generic i686 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Nov 13 13:46 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 13 13:46 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Date: Sun Nov 13 14:13:05 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ce916614-f122-49a8-a4ae-3d4ac5c515d9 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-30 (1841 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426) IwConfig: ens32 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform PciMultimedia: ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic root=/dev/mapper/dev2-root ro quiet crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.4 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-30 (75 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/17/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd09/17/2015:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1641403/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
