Re: [2.6.26.4] Oops: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000000491f2000

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From: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:43:58 +0100

> During a test installation of Debian I got the following Oops at the point
> where either the installer's internal webserver (implemented in shell using
> netcat ;-) was started or where that server was contacted a bit later.
> The oops did not repeat; the installation as a whole succeeded.
> 
> I know this is not a very current kernel, but this is what we're releasing
> with. Well, the release will be using 2.6.26.7 actually.

Some driver module is unloading without releasing it's held I/O
resources, then something does cat on /proc/iomem or /proc/ioport
and we go splat accessing unmapped memory from that unloaded
driver module.

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