Hi all, I'm seeing the following NULL ptr deref in copy_process right after a bunch of OOM killing activity on -next kernels: Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task): Kill process 3477 (trinity-c159) score 0 or sacrifice child Killed process 3477 (trinity-c159) total-vm:3226820kB, anon-rss:36832kB, file-rss:1640kB, shmem-rss:444kB oom_reaper: reaped process 3477 (trinity-c159), now anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:444kB Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task): Kill process 3450 (trinity-c156) score 0 or sacrifice child Killed process 3450 (trinity-c156) total-vm:3769768kB, anon-rss:36832kB, file-rss:1652kB, shmem-rss:508kB oom_reaper: reaped process 3450 (trinity-c156), now anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:572kB BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000150 IP: copy_process (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:103 kernel/fork.c:484 kernel/fork.c:964 kernel/fork.c:1018 kernel/fork.c:1484) PGD 1ff944067 PUD 1ff929067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN Modules linked in: CPU: 18 PID: 8761 Comm: trinity-main Not tainted 4.7.0-rc3-sasha-02101-g1e1b9fa #3108 task: ffff880165564000 ti: ffff880337ad0000 task.ti: ffff880337ad0000 RIP: copy_process (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:103 kernel/fork.c:484 kernel/fork.c:964 kernel/fork.c:1018 kernel/fork.c:1484) RSP: 0018:ffff880337ad7bb0 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880314fbbe00 RCX: dffffc0000000000 RDX: 1ffff10013393b9f RSI: ffff88029ba79d40 RDI: ffff880099c9dcf8 RBP: ffff880337ad7dc8 R08: ffffffffaca1a600 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffed00629f77d8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88016c013000 R13: ffff88029ba79d40 R14: ffff880314fbbe50 R15: ffff880099c9dc00 FS: 00007f37feaa5700(0000) GS:ffff880203700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000150 CR3: 00000001ff565000 CR4: 00000000000006a0 Stack: 0000000001200011 ffffed002d80260c ffff88016c013060 0000000000000000 ffff880314fba7a0 ffff880314fba7a8 ffff88016bd32810 ffff880314fba780 ffff88009aca7410 ffff880314fbbe10 ffff88016c013068 ffff880201efd068 Call Trace: _do_fork (kernel/fork.c:1768) SyS_clone (kernel/fork.c:1865) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:350) entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:251) Code: 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 08 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 c7 8c 41 00 f6 43 51 08 74 11 e8 bc 12 24 00 48 8b 44 24 18 <f0> ff 88 50 01 00 00 e8 ab 12 24 00 48 8b 44 24 40 48 83 c0 28 All code ======== 0: 00 00 add %al,(%rax) 2: 00 fc add %bh,%ah 4: ff df lcallq *<internal disassembler error> 6: 4c 89 f0 mov %r14,%rax 9: 48 c1 e8 03 shr $0x3,%rax d: 80 3c 08 00 cmpb $0x0,(%rax,%rcx,1) 11: 74 08 je 0x1b 13: 4c 89 f7 mov %r14,%rdi 16: e8 c7 8c 41 00 callq 0x418ce2 1b: f6 43 51 08 testb $0x8,0x51(%rbx) 1f: 74 11 je 0x32 21: e8 bc 12 24 00 callq 0x2412e2 26: 48 8b 44 24 18 mov 0x18(%rsp),%rax 2b:* f0 ff 88 50 01 00 00 lock decl 0x150(%rax) <-- trapping instruction 32: e8 ab 12 24 00 callq 0x2412e2 37: 48 8b 44 24 40 mov 0x40(%rsp),%rax 3c: 48 83 c0 28 add $0x28,%rax ... Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: f0 ff 88 50 01 00 00 lock decl 0x150(%rax) 7: e8 ab 12 24 00 callq 0x2412b7 c: 48 8b 44 24 40 mov 0x40(%rsp),%rax 11: 48 83 c0 28 add $0x28,%rax ... RIP copy_process (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:103 kernel/fork.c:484 kernel/fork.c:964 kernel/fork.c:1018 kernel/fork.c:1484) RSP <ffff880337ad7bb0> CR2: 0000000000000150 Thanks, Sasha -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>