Here is a reproducer: 1. Run netns.sh script in loop # while true; do ./netns.sh; done # cat netns.sh #!/bin/bash num=1000 function create_netns() { for((i=0; i<$num; i++)) do ip netns add local$i ip netns exec local$i pwd & done } function clean_netns() { for((i=0; i<$num; i++)) do ip netns del local$i done } create_netns clean_netns 2. run fs_bind/fs_bind24 in loop, fs_bind24 only # cat /opt/ltp/runtest/fs_bind #DESCRIPTION:Bind mounts and shared subtrees fs_bind24_sh fs_bind24.sh # while true; do /opt/ltp/runltp -f fs_bind; done This oops also exists in the latest kernel code: [ 1381.034793] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010 [ 1381.035608] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 1381.035865] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 1381.036227] CPU: 0 PID: 281475 Comm: mount Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108.oe1.x86_64 #1 [ 1381.037174] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006 [ 1381.038001] RIP: 0010:propagate_one+0x9d/0x200 [ 1381.038450] Code: 01 00 00 49 89 d1 49 8b 91 d8 00 00 00 4c 39 c2 75 e7 4c 8b 15 4c ae 9e 01 48 89 fa eb 09 48 8b 92 d8 00 00 00 89 c6 49 39 d2 <48> 8b 4a 10 0f 84 10 01 00 00 4c 39 81 d8 00 00 00 75 e1 40 84 f6 [ 1381.040317] RSP: 0018:ffffb7648932fdd8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 1381.041049] RAX: ffff893a8f19a101 RBX: ffff893aa421b500 RCX: ffff893a99e2f380 [ 1381.041776] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000008f19a101 RDI: ffff893a9f939200 [ 1381.043437] RBP: ffff893aadba5980 R08: ffff893aadba5980 R09: ffff893aa421b500 [ 1381.044159] R10: ffff893a9f939080 R11: 0000000000017f40 R12: ffffb7648932fe28 [ 1381.044867] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff893aa421b500 R15: ffff8939c7d08900 [ 1381.045578] FS: 00007fae96b07c80(0000) GS:ffff893ad7a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1381.046395] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1381.046968] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 00000001d8ea4006 CR4: 00000000000606f0 [ 1381.047678] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 1381.048391] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 1381.049104] Call Trace: [ 1381.049366] propagate_mnt+0x11f/0x150 [ 1381.049745] attach_recursive_mnt+0x220/0x2e0 [ 1381.050191] do_mount+0xa6c/0xc80 [ 1381.050526] ? __kmalloc_track_caller+0x5a/0x200 [ 1381.051007] ? _copy_from_user+0x37/0x60 [ 1381.051403] ksys_mount+0x80/0xd0 [ 1381.051738] __x64_sys_mount+0x21/0x30 [ 1381.052124] do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x240 [ 1381.052500] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 [ 1381.053017] RIP: 0033:0x7fae96cbf24a [ 1381.053378] Code: 48 8b 0d 59 7c 0b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 26 7c 0b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [ 1381.055249] RSP: 002b:00007ffd13aa2d88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 [ 1381.056004] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055f4e88f6420 RCX: 00007fae96cbf24a [ 1381.056714] RDX: 000055f4e88f6650 RSI: 000055f4e88f93d0 RDI: 000055f4e88f8350 [ 1381.057636] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000055f4e88f5010 [ 1381.058502] R10: 0000000000001000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055f4e88f8350 [ 1381.059236] R13: 000055f4e88f6650 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007fae96e62224 [ 1381.059959] Modules linked in: veth xt_addrtype br_netfilter dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio loop ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_conntrack ebtable_filter ebtable_nat ebtable_broute bridge stp llc ebtables ip6table_nat nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_mangle ip6table_raw ip6table_security iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle iptable_raw iptable_security nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 libcrc32c rfkill ip_set nfnetlink ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter vfat fat vmwgfx snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ac97_bus snd_pcm ghash_clmulni_intel ttm snd_timer drm_kms_helper snd syscopyarea joydev sg sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops soundcore i2c_piix4 drm pcspkr intel_rapl_perf video ip_tables ext4 mbcache [ 1381.067111] jbd2 sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_generic crc32c_intel serio_raw ata_piix ahci libahci e1000 libata dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 1381.068437] CR2: 0000000000000010