[ open-vm-tools-Tracker-3580633 ] vmhgfs kernel oops

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Tracker item #3580633, was opened at 2012-10-26 14:35
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Category: kernel modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Andrei Homescu (commanderk)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: vmhgfs kernel oops

Initial Comment:
I keep getting a kernel oops accessing my shared folder, since updating to 9.2.0.
I'm running Arch Linux with kernel 3.6.3.
Here's the output of dmesg:

[  212.818875] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000078
[  212.818882] IP: [<ffffffffa01e1986>] HgfsDentryRevalidate+0x16/0x80 [vmhgfs]
[  212.818889] PGD 112453067 PUD 113f07067 PMD 0 
[  212.818893] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
[  212.818896] Modules linked in: vmhgfs(O) ppdev parport_pc parport snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus gameport snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device btusb bluetooth snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer rfkill snd e1000 soundcore joydev hid_generic usbhid hid vmw_balloon vmwgfx coretemp ttm crc32c_intel evdev drm ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 aes_generic ablk_helper cryptd processor microcode battery ac i2c_piix4 intel_agp i2c_core shpchp pci_hotplug container button intel_gtt psmouse pcspkr serio_raw vmci(O) ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache uhci_hcd sd_mod sr_mod cdrom pata_acpi ehci_hcd ata_generic usbcore usb_common floppy ata_piix libata scsi_mod
[  212.818933] CPU 0 
[  212.818936] Pid: 800, comm: ls Tainted: G           O 3.6.3-1-ARCH #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform
[  212.818938] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa01e1986>]  [<ffffffffa01e1986>] HgfsDentryRevalidate+0x16/0x80 [vmhgfs]
[  212.818942] RSP: 0018:ffff88011b819c68  EFLAGS: 00010202
[  212.818944] RAX: ffffffffa01e5280 RBX: ffff880131b54cc0 RCX: 0000000000000038
[  212.818945] RDX: ffff880131b54cc0 RSI: 0000000000000040 RDI: ffff880131b54cc0
[  212.818946] RBP: ffff88011b819c78 R08: 00736b6f6f427363 R09: ffff88011b819de8
[  212.818947] R10: ffff880136c49000 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff88011b819d30
[  212.818948] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88011b819dd8 R15: ffff88011b819d38
[  212.818950] FS:  00007f60684be700(0000) GS:ffff88013ae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  212.818952] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  212.818953] CR2: 0000000000000078 CR3: 000000013775a000 CR4: 00000000000407f0
[  212.819018] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  212.819040] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[  212.819042] Process ls (pid: 800, threadinfo ffff88011b818000, task ffff880113d79830)
[  212.819043] Stack:
[  212.819044]  ffff88011b819dd8 ffff88010ca69c80 ffff88011b819ce8 ffffffff8118b115
[  212.819047]  0000000000025658 ffff88010b3b2e20 000000076fb5ded2 ffff880131b54cc0
[  212.819050]  ffff8801124c1048 00000002125edb00 0000000000000028 0000000000000000
[  212.819053] Call Trace:
[  212.819059]  [<ffffffff8118b115>] lookup_fast+0x265/0x310
[  212.819062]  [<ffffffff8118ccbf>] path_lookupat+0x10f/0x7f0
[  212.819066]  [<ffffffff81144fc5>] ? handle_pte_fault+0x95/0xaa0
[  212.819068]  [<ffffffff8118d3d1>] do_path_lookup+0x31/0xc0
[  212.819070]  [<ffffffff8118ac33>] ? getname_flags+0x53/0xf0
[  212.819073]  [<ffffffff8118faad>] user_path_at_empty+0x5d/0xa0
[  212.819077]  [<ffffffff81495d54>] ? do_page_fault+0x2c4/0x580
[  212.819079]  [<ffffffff8118fb01>] user_path_at+0x11/0x20
[  212.819082]  [<ffffffff81184255>] vfs_fstatat+0x35/0x70
[  212.819085]  [<ffffffff81192150>] ? sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xa0
[  212.819088]  [<ffffffff811842ae>] vfs_lstat+0x1e/0x20
[  212.819091]  [<ffffffff8118444a>] sys_newlstat+0x1a/0x40
[  212.819095]  [<ffffffff81492ee5>] ? page_fault+0x25/0x30
[  212.819098]  [<ffffffff81499b6d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
[  212.819099] Code: 87 f4 e0 84 c0 75 9e eb 98 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 48 89 e5 53 48 83 ec 08 66 66 66 66 90 48 85 f6 48 89 fb 74 06 <f6> 46 38 40 75 54 48 89 df e8 4c b7 ff ff 85 c0 ba 01 00 00 00 
[  212.819132] RIP  [<ffffffffa01e1986>] HgfsDentryRevalidate+0x16/0x80 [vmhgfs]
[  212.819138]  RSP <ffff88011b819c68>
[  212.819140] CR2: 0000000000000078
[  212.819143] ---[ end trace ebbe0e013c1e496a ]---
[  212.819147] note: ls[800] exited with preempt_count 1


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>Comment By: Dmitry Torokhov (dtor)
Date: 2013-04-24 09:23

Message:
Andrei, can you please try 9.2.3 and see if it fixes your issue?

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Comment By: Andrei Homescu (commanderk)
Date: 2012-10-26 15:46

Message:
Bug seems fixed in development release, 2012-10-14 doesn't crash.

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