Upstream 4.4.110 commit 20cbe9a3aa2e was back ported to Xenial as commit f8365429a3dc1. However, the backport failed to remove a kfree(), which the original patch did:
@@ -381,7 +415,6 @@ static void release_ds_buffer(int cpu) return; per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds = NULL; - kfree(ds); } I'm building a Xenial test kernel now with the kfree removed. I will post it shortly. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741934 Title: Kernel panic with xenial 4.4 stack (4.4.0-108.131, Candidate kernels for PTI fix) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1741934/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs