Public bug reported: OK, so the title needs a little explanation:)
I have Xubuntu 16.04.5 LTS installed in my workstation. In there I have installed virt-manager, libvirt, qemu etc. to run a CentOS 7.5 VM as another hypervisor using nested virtualization; this VM works. What does not work however is inside of the CentOS VM installing virt- manager, libvirt, qemu, etc. and run another VM inside of that. Trying to start a CentOS VM inside my L1 CentOS hypervisor kernel panics very soon after grub with a backtrace like this: [ 1.441389] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 1.442030] Modules linked in: [ 1.442030] CPU: 0 PID: 47 Comm: kworker/u2:1 Not tainted 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 #1 [ 1.442030] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011 [ 1.442030] task: ffff8b1d3868dee0 ti: ffff8b1d3f8fc000 task.ti: ffff8b1d3f8fc000 [ 1.442030] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa6a22ce5>] [<ffffffffa6a22ce5>] flush_old_exec+0x725/0x980 [ 1.442030] RSP: 0018:ffff8b1d3f8ffd00 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 1.442030] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000049 [ 1.442030] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8b1d3f8dc640 RDI: ffff8b1d3f8dc000 [ 1.442030] RBP: ffff8b1d3f8ffd60 R08: 0000000000000046 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 1.442030] R10: 000000002b764c0c R11: ffffbfc001fe3000 R12: ffff8b1d3f8dc640 [ 1.442030] R13: ffff8b1d3f8dc000 R14: ffff8b1d3868dee0 R15: ffff8b1d37e4c100 [ 1.442030] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b1d3bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1.442030] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1.442030] CR2: 00007fc3814202a8 CR3: 0000000061c0e000 CR4: 00000000003606f0 [ 1.442030] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 1.442030] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 1.442030] Call Trace: [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6a7e44c>] load_elf_binary+0x33c/0xe50 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6af34d9>] ? ima_bprm_check+0x49/0x50 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6a7e110>] ? load_elf_library+0x220/0x220 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6a2202f>] search_binary_handler+0xef/0x310 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6a2380b>] do_execve_common.isra.24+0x5db/0x6e0 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6a23928>] do_execve+0x18/0x20 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa68af8ef>] ____call_usermodehelper+0xff/0x140 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa68af7f0>] ? call_usermodehelper+0x60/0x60 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa6f1f637>] ret_from_fork_nospec_begin+0x21/0x21 [ 1.442030] [<ffffffffa68af7f0>] ? call_usermodehelper+0x60/0x60 [ 1.442030] Code: cf e9 ff 4c 89 f7 e8 fb 32 e7 ff e9 4d fa ff ff 65 8b 05 37 a3 5e 59 a8 01 0f 84 85 fc ff ff 31 d2 b8 01 00 00 00 b9 49 00 00 00 <0f> 30 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 c7 c0 10 00 00 00 e8 07 00 00 00 f3 90 [ 1.442030] RIP [<ffffffffa6a22ce5>] flush_old_exec+0x725/0x980 [ 1.442030] RSP <ffff8b1d3f8ffd00> [ 1.669827] ---[ end trace acc22b186f1c20ae ]--- [ 1.674444] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 1.675410] Kernel Offset: 0x25800000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff) However, using the exact same procedure is successfull using an Xubuntu 18.04 as L0 instead! So, to simplify: Xubuntu 16.04 -> CentOS 7.5.1804 -> CentOS 7.5.1804 = Kernel panic Xubuntu 18.04 -> CentOS 7.5.1804 -> CentOS 7.5.1804 = Success! Please know if there´s any more information you need! Thanks in advance! /K ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: xenial ** Summary changed: - Xubuntu 16.04 L0 hypervisor kernel panics L1 CentOS 7.5..1804 guest + Xubuntu 16.04 L0 hypervisor kernel panics L1 CentOS 7.5.1804 guest -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783952 Title: Xubuntu 16.04 L0 hypervisor kernel panics L1 CentOS 7.5.1804 guest To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1783952/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs