Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution: Debian (testing) Hardware Environment: Marvell Yukon 88E8053 on Asus P5LD2 Software Environment: IPX protocol enabled (frame EtherII) Problem Description: "kernel panic" once or twice a day. Problem does not appear when IPX protocol is disabled. System is also stable if sk98lin driver (version 8.40 - available from www. marvell.com) is used instead of sky2. Steps to reproduce: Problem seems to be connected to network traffic. On holidays my system was stable for 2 or 3 days while on workimg day it takes only few hours for system to crash.
I can not reproduce this with simple IPX send/recv and 2.6.17. What is your network configuration? Also, please capture the kernel panic output with either serial port or digital camera.
The problem appears on the computer which I use in my workplace. I need this computer to be stable and to run without any breaks 24h per day. It is now stable with the driver sk98lin from www.marvell.com. I am sorry, but I cannot reproduce the problem because it may cause a data loss.
Created attachment 8728 [details] IPX receive header patch Inspection of IPX receive found this generic problem which might be related. The IPX protocol was not checking for short packets, and if they arrived would dereference past the socket buffer.
Since a similar patch is now in 2.6.18-rc6, I'm assuming this issue is fixed. Please reopen this bug if it's still present in kernel 2.6.18-rc6.