| Summary: | kernel oops when remove usb stick | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Mageia | Reporter: | phaleon phaleon <phaleon> |
| Component: | RPM Packages | Assignee: | Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | CC: | marja11, tmb |
| Version: | 1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i586 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Source RPM: | util-linux-ng-2.18-4.mga1 | CVE: | |
| Status comment: | |||
|
Description
phaleon phaleon
2011-10-10 18:00:57 CEST
Thomas, Is this anything you can assist with? CC:
(none) =>
tmb I am not a dev/guru...just a user. kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000036c... I don't have the skills to really understand what that means... will try with a custom kernel This happends as you unplug the usb without unmounting it first. Some app or the filesystem still keeps a reference to the usbstick, and as you remove it, the reference turns into nonexistent point and when something tries to access that reference -> kernel NULL pointer and you get the crash. It should handle the failure better, but I haven't checked yet if it's fixed upstream (or not) Thanks you very much for your explanations. I just tried with others usb sticks and it doesn't crash. I guess, my users (I maintain a cyber cafe) didn't follow the process you just describe. Thanks again for your time (In reply to comment #4) > Thanks you very much for your explanations. > I just tried with others usb sticks and it doesn't crash. > I guess, my users (I maintain a cyber cafe) didn't follow the process you just > describe. > Thanks again for your time Thanks for replying Closing this report Status:
NEW =>
RESOLVED |