[Bug 46009] kernel-oops during boot

[Fridtjof Busse]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-686-smp

I'm running kernel 2.6.15.22, which produces an (non fatal) oops during
booting on my Lenovo Thinkpad T60. The systems continues to boot, but
slower than usual.

[4294692.102000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[4294692.125000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
[4294692.125000]  printing eip:
[4294692.125000] c013c476
[4294692.125000] *pde = 00000000
[4294692.125000] Oops: 0002 [#1]
[4294692.125000] PREEMPT SMP
[4294692.125000] Modules linked in: irtty_sir snd_pcm_oss usbhid sir_dev snd_mixer_oss nsc_ircc psmouse snd_pcm snd_timer snd shpchp pci_hotplug irda intel_agp agpgart crc_ccitt serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc pcspkr rtc sg evdev ext3 jbd ide_generic ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore sd_mod ahci libata scsi_mod ide_cd cdrom piix generic thermal processor fan capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
[4294692.125000] CPU:    1
[4294692.125000] EIP:    0060:[<c013c476>]    Not tainted VLI
[4294692.125000] EFLAGS: 00010092   (2.6.15-23-686)
[4294692.125000] EIP is at finish_wait+0x36/0x70
[4294692.125000] eax: 00000202   ebx: da61bfd8   ecx: 00000000   edx: 00000000
[4294692.125000] esi: da61bfcc   edi: e0a7e2a8   ebp: 00000000   esp: da61bfb4
[4294692.125000] ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
[4294692.125000] Process kIrDAd (pid: 3271, threadinfo=da61a000 task=da5ed030)
[4294692.125000] Stack: da61a000 da61bfcc 00000000 e0a7ab83 e0a7bb20 00000000 00000000 da5ed030
[4294692.125000]        c011f0d0 00000000 00000000 e0a7aae0 00000000 c0101525 dab5df74 00000000
[4294692.125000]        00000000 6f697463 6d754e6e
[4294692.125000] Call Trace:
[4294692.125000]  [<e0a7ab83>] irda_thread+0xa3/0xe0 [sir_dev]
[4294692.125000]  [<c011f0d0>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
[4294692.125000]  [<e0a7aae0>] irda_thread+0x0/0xe0 [sir_dev]
[4294692.125000]  [<c0101525>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
[4294692.125000] Code: 24 04 89 d6 89 7c 24 08 89 c7 b8 00 e0 ff ff 21 e0 8b 00 c7 00 00 00 00 00 3b 5a 0c 74 2f 89 f8 e8 f0 e8 1c 00 8b 53 04 8b 4e 0c <89> 51 04 89 0a 89 c2 89 f8 89 5e 0c 89 5b 04 8b 1c 24 8b 74 24
[4294692.125000]  <6>note: kIrDAd[3271] exited with preempt_count 1

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kernel-oops during boot
https://launchpad.net/bugs/46009