Hi, #uname -r 5.4.0-rc7-10.g62d06a0-default+ we use our own core dump utility and by mistake I did: # echo "| /opt/SMAW/X2000/bin/x2write_core %p" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern Later a user tool dumped with SIGSEGV and the linux system crashed. I investigated the crash dump and found the cause. Via format_corename() in fs/coredump.c the helper_argv[] with 3 entries is created and helper_argv[0] == "" (because of the ' ' after the '|') ispipe is set to 1. Later in call_usermodehelper_setup(): sub_info->path = path; == helper_argv[0] == "" This leads in call_usermodehelper_exec() to: if (strlen(sub_info->path) == 0) goto out; with a return value of 0. But no pipe is created and thus cprm.file == NULL. This leads in file_start_write() to the panic because of dereferencing file_inode(file)->i_mode) I'am not sure what's the best way to fix this so I've no patch. Thanks. Dietmar. [ 249.719984] a[8204]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f7fe523e3c1 sp 00007ffe9ecf03c0 error 4 in libc-2.22.so[7f7fe51f4000+19c000] [ 249.719989] Code: 4c 8b 85 28 fb ff ff 44 29 e8 48 98 49 39 c1 0f 87 a2 f7 ff ff 44 03 ad 20 fb ff ff e9 02 ec ff ff 31 c0 48 83 c9 ff 4c 89 d7 <f2> ae c7 85 28 fb ff ff 00 00 00 00 48 89 ce 48 f7 d6 4c 8d 4e ff [ 489.128821] a[20151]: segfault at 1 ip 00007fd584f603c1 sp 00007ffe98182c30 error 4 in libc-2.22.so[7fd584f16000+19c000] [ 489.128827] Code: 4c 8b 85 28 fb ff ff 44 29 e8 48 98 49 39 c1 0f 87 a2 f7 ff ff 44 03 ad 20 fb ff ff e9 02 ec ff ff 31 c0 48 83 c9 ff 4c 89 d7 <f2> ae c7 85 28 fb ff ff 00 00 00 00 48 89 ce 48 f7 d6 4c 8d 4e ff [ 489.128839] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 [ 489.152546] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 489.170234] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 489.187917] PGD 8000000318008067 P4D 8000000318008067 PUD 31b40b067 PMD 0 [ 489.211343] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 489.223600] CPU: 0 PID: 20151 Comm: a Kdump: loaded Tainted: G I E 5.4.0-rc7-10.g62d06a0-default+ #1 [ 489.258196] Hardware name: FUJITSU PRIMERGY TX300 S5 /D2619, BIOS 6.00 Rev. 1.14.2619 02/04/2013 [ 489.303082] RIP: 0010:do_coredump+0x717/0xb10 [ 489.318229] Code: ff 48 8b bd 18 ff ff ff 48 85 ff 74 05 e8 e1 5b fa ff 65 48 8b 04 25 c0 8b 01 00 48 8b 00 48 8b 7d a0 a8 04 0f 85 fe 02 00 00 <48> 8b 57 20 0f b7 02 66 25 00 f0 66 3d 00 80 0f 84 a2 01 00 00 48 [ 489.381755] RSP: 0000:ffffaedc80a67cd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 489.399795] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9b68dcee72c0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 489.424137] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffaedc80a67ca0 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 489.448464] RBP: ffffaedc80a67df8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffaedc80a67c28 [ 489.472806] R10: 0000000000001f30 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff9b68dfa08cc0 [ 489.497150] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffffffff8ed205a0 R15: ffff9b68dcefe1e0 [ 489.521493] FS: 00007fd5854c6700(0000) GS:ffff9b68ffc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 489.548997] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 489.568776] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 00000003180fe000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 489.593145] Call Trace: [ 489.602067] ? sched_clock+0x5/0x10 [ 489.614420] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x50 [ 489.630206] get_signal+0x13c/0x860 [ 489.642560] ? printk+0x52/0x6e [ 489.653767] do_signal+0x36/0x630 [ 489.665538] ? signal_wake_up_state+0x15/0x30 [ 489.680743] ? __send_signal+0x287/0x3f0 [ 489.694514] exit_to_usermode_loop+0x95/0x130 [ 489.709705] prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x98/0xd0 [ 489.725462] retint_user+0x8/0x18 [ 489.737208] RIP: 0033:0x7fd584f603c1 [ 489.749801] Code: 4c 8b 85 28 fb ff ff 44 29 e8 48 98 49 39 c1 0f 87 a2 f7 ff ff 44 03 ad 20 fb ff ff e9 02 ec ff ff 31 c0 48 83 c9 ff 4c 89 d7 <f2> ae c7 85 28 fb ff ff 00 00 00 00 48 89 ce 48 f7 d6 4c 8d 4e ff [ 489.813373] RSP: 002b:00007ffe98182c30 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 489.831437] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fd5852b62a0 RCX: ffffffffffffffff [ 489.855810] RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 00007ffe98183188 RDI: 0000000000000001 [ 489.880186] RBP: 00007ffe981831c0 R08: 00000000004005fa R09: 0000000000000073 [ 489.904551] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000004005f4 [ 489.928910] R13: 0000000000000006 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffe981831d8 [ 489.953261] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc(E) ebtable_filter(E) ebtables(E) ip6table_filter(E) ip6_tables(E) iptable_filter(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) bpfilter(E) rpcsec_gss_krb5(E) auth_rpcgss(E) nfsv4(E) dns_resolver(E) nfs(E) lockd(E) grace(E) sunrpc(E) fscache(E) scsi_transport_iscsi(E) mptctl(E) mptbase(E) af_packet(E) bonding(E) iscsi_ibft(E) iscsi_boot_sysfs(E) intel_powerclamp(E) coretemp(E) kvm_intel(E) kvm(E) igb(E) msr(E) lpc_ich(E) mfd_core(E) pcspkr(E) irqbypass(E) i2c_i801(E) raid1(E) md_mod(E) ses(E) enclosure(E) scsi_transport_sas(E) ipmi_si(E) ipmi_devintf(E) ipmi_msghandler(E) ac(E) ioatdma(E) i7core_edac(E) i5500_temp(E) dca(E) ext4(E) crc16(E) mbcache(E) jbd2(E) hid_generic(E) usbhid(E) sd_mod(E) sr_mod(E) cdrom(E) mgag200(E) drm_vram_helper(E) i2c_algo_bit(E) ata_generic(E) ata_piix(E) drm_kms_helper(E) syscopyarea(E) ahci(E) sysfillrect(E) sysimgblt(E) libahci(E) fb_sys_fops(E) uhci_hcd(E) ttm(E) ehci_pci(E) crc32c_intel(E) ehci_hcd(E) libata(E) drm(E) usbcore(E) [ 489.953296] megaraid_sas(E) button(E) sg(E) dm_multipath(E) dm_mod(E) scsi_dh_rdac(E) scsi_dh_emc(E) scsi_dh_alua(E) scsi_mod(E) [ 490.288829] CR2: 0000000000000020