Re: PROBLEM: crashes of 2.4.31 kernel (oops included)

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 05:52:37AM +0000, morrowc+kernel@ops-netman.net wrote:
> >From URL - http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html
> 
> [1.] One line summary of the problem: kernel panic/oops system hangs
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
> After some random period of time (from 1 hour to several days) kernel 
> receives an 'oops' and dies. Requires power cycle to recover. I've a few 
> of the 'oops' output saved and converted with ksymoops if required 
> (included one below) Error appear to be in the iptables 
> connection_tracking  actually.
> 
> [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
> networking kernel oops
> [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
> Linux version 2.4.31 (root@neo-u2.ops-netman.net) (gcc version 3.3.5 
> (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)) #1 SMP Sun Mar 12 15:09:22 GMT 2006

Many bugs have been fixed in netfilter code since 2.4.31, you should
really upgrade, either to 2.4.33-rc2, or to 2.4.31-hf32.6 which contains
adds to 2.4.31 all relevant fixes till two weeks ago. You can find it
here : http://linux.exosec.net/kernel/2.4-hf/

If the problem is new, it can indicate a hardware problem, or someone
succeeding in exploiting one of those old bugs.

Regards,
Willy