I see the same behavior on an USB network stick. Bus 002 Device 006: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components
I have added the error log from my lucid system Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae #79-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 23:25:26 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux It seems that memory management is broken, if this is related to the network driver is unclear to me. The messages seem dangerous to me, as also other processes than the network driver are affected. In all messages in my log (tens of them) a similar calling tree inside the network driver is shown. ** Attachment added: "part of syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/164018/+attachment/2642254/+files/misalloclog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164018 Title: page allocation failure caused by rtl8139 driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/164018/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs