Re: 2.6.16.9, amd64, usbcore: NULL pointer dereference

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Apr 22 2006 - 15:08:49 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> (Added linux-usb-devel)
>
> Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Sometimes my PC dies at boot time:
> >
> > :
> > usb 3-3: config 1 has 0 interfaces, different from the descriptor's value: 1
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000d RIP:
> > <ffffffff8809493e>(:usbcore:usb_new_device+350)
> > :
> > :
> >
> > Unfortunately it is not visible in any log file, so I took
> > a snapshot of the screen.
> >
> > Surely it would be unacceptable to send huge attachments
> > to everybody on this list. Is somebody interested? Or is
> > there some upload area available, that I could use?
>
> Please email the image to myself and I'll upload it.
>
> > # lsusb
> > Bus 003 Device 003: ID 07cc:0301 Carry Computer Eng., Co., Ltd 6-in-1 Card Reader
> > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0ace:1211 ZyDAS 802.11b/g USB2 WiFi
> > Bus 003 Device 004: ID 124a:4023 AirVast
> > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> >
>

It's at http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/oops.jpg

Harald, if nothing happens on this bug (and it may well not :() could
you please remember to create a report against USB at bugzilla.kernel.org?

Thanks.
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