Re: 2.2.9 crash.....again

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:22:48 +0100 (BST)

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> I got one like this too, on 2.2.3, but the machine didn't crash. Nobody even
> noticed until we went to the console a few days laster and saw it on the
> screen.
>
> kmem_free: Bad obj addr (objp=cf83b080, name=uid_cache)
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> current->tss.cr3 = 06567000, %cr3 = 06567000

This is a known bug fixed by 2.2.7 (from memory). The uid cache was an SMP
specific race in early 2.2. The conditions for it to show are odd but
apache suexec is good for causing them

Alan

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