Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 (VMWARE,2.4.16 and 2.4.17-pre7)

[Gregoire Favre]

Hello,

I try to use VMWARE 3.0 under 2.4.16 and had problems, so I try under
2.4.17-pre7, with same results:

ble to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
 printing eip:
c011427d
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002
CPU:    0
EIP:    0010:[<c011427d>]    Tainted: GF
EFLAGS: 00010046
eax: d6275d24   ebx: 00000000   ecx: cec7a014   edx: cec7a00c
esi: 00000246   edi: 00000000   ebp: ce951f64   esp: ce951efc
ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Process vmnet-dhcpd (pid: 3209, stackpage=ce951000)
Stack: d6275ca0 cf7cd7e0 d9106be2 cf7cd7e0 d6275d24 ce951f50 00000000 d91053d6 
       d6275ca0 cf7cd7e0 ce951f50 c013e1b8 cf7cd7e0 ce951f50 00000145 00000040 
       ce950000 7fffffff 00000006 ce951f50 00000007 00000000 cec7a000 00000000 
Call Trace: [<d9106be2>] [<d91053d6>] [<c013e1b8>] [<c013e595>] [<c01318c3>] 
   [<c0106d3b>] 

Code: 89 4b 04 89 5a 08 89 41 04 89 08 56 9d 5b 5e c3 8d 76 00 56 
 <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
 printing eip:
c011427d
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002
CPU:    0
EIP:    0010:[<c011427d>]    Tainted: GF
EFLAGS: 00010046
eax: d6275524   ebx: 00000000   ecx: cf076014   edx: cf07600c
esi: 00000246   edi: ceed8000   ebp: 00000000   esp: ce957ef4
ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Process vmnet-natd (pid: 3208, stackpage=ce957000)
Stack: d62754a0 00000145 d9106be2 cf7cd260 d6275524 ce957fa8 cf7cd260 d91053d6 
       d62754a0 cf7cd260 ce957fa8 c013e7f5 cf7cd260 ce957fa8 00000000 00000003
       00000003 7fffffff c013e8d6 00000003 ceed8000 ce957f54 ce957f58 ce956000 
Call Trace: [<d9106be2>] [<d91053d6>] [<c013e7f5>] [<c013e8d6>] [<c013eb87>] 
   [<c0106d3b>] 

Code: 89 4b 04 89 5a 08 89 41 04 89 08 56 9d 5b 5e c3 8d 76 00 56 
 <7>/dev/vmnet: open called by PID 3317 (t-netifup)
/dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened
/dev/vmnet: open called by PID 3348 (t-dhcpd)
/dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
 printing eip:
c011427d
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002
CPU:    0
EIP:    0010:[<c011427d>]    Tainted: GF
EFLAGS: 00010046
eax: d6275c24   ebx: 00000000   ecx: cf060014   edx: cf06000c
esi: 00000246   edi: 00000000   ebp: ce9a7f64   esp: ce9a7efc
ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Process vmnet-dhcpd (pid: 3350, stackpage=ce9a7000)
Stack: d6275ba0 d22d8240 d9106be2 d22d8240 d6275c24 ce9a7f50 00000000 d91053d6 
       d6275ba0 d22d8240 ce9a7f50 c013e1b8 d22d8240 ce9a7f50 00000145 00000040
       ce9a6000 7fffffff 00000006 ce9a7f50 00000007 00000000 cf060000 00000000 
Call Trace: [<d9106be2>] [<d91053d6>] [<c013e1b8>] [<c013e595>] [<c01318c3>] 
   [<c0106d3b>] 

Code: 89 4b 04 89 5a 08 89 41 04 89 08 56 9d 5b 5e c3 8d 76 00 56 

I have put the System-map of the 2.4.17-pre7 kernel under
http://ulima.unil.ch/greg/linux/System.map-2.4.17-pre7 in case it's needed ;-)
And the config of that kernel under
http://ulima.unil.ch/greg/linux/2.4.17-pre7

Thanks,

	Grégoire
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