As soon as the network device connects, I get an oops: [ 34.542863] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000048 [ 34.544037] IP: [<ffffffff817268f6>] enqueue_to_backlog+0x56/0x230 [ 34.545158] PGD 0 [ 34.546252] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 34.547331] Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bnep binfmt_misc snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_soc_skl snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_sst_dsp nls_iso8859_1 snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_sst_match snd_soc_core x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp snd_compress ac97_bus i2c_designware_platform snd_pcm_dmaengine dw_dmac_core snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec joydev snd_hda_core dcdbas kvm_intel i2c_designware_core snd_hwdep kvm irqbypass snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event crct10dif_pclmul [ 34.550006] snd_rawmidi crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd input_leds serio_raw brcmfmac snd_seq snd_seq_device brcmutil snd_timer cfg80211 snd uvcvideo rtsx_pci_ms videobuf2_vmalloc memstick videobuf2_memops soundcore videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev media hid_multitouch btusb btrtl idma64 virt_dma mei_me mei processor_thermal_device intel_lpss_pci intel_soc_dts_iosf intel_pch_thermal hci_uart btbcm btqca btintel bluetooth intel_lpss_acpi intel_lpss int3403_thermal acpi_pad int340x_thermal_zone int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel mac_hid acpi_als kfifo_buf industrialio parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj usbhid rtsx_pci_sdmmc i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect nvme sysimgblt [ 34.552945] nvme_core fb_sys_fops ahci rtsx_pci drm libahci wmi i2c_hid hid pinctrl_sunrisepoint video pinctrl_intel fjes [ 34.554390] CPU: 1 PID: 699 Comm: irq/284-brcmf_p Not tainted 4.7.0-rc1-v4.7-rc1 #10 [ 34.555878] Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9350/09JHRY, BIOS 1.3.3 03/01/2016 [ 34.557320] task: ffff88046b211e80 ti: ffff880466ca0000 task.ti: ffff880466ca0000 [ 34.558731] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff817268f6>] [<ffffffff817268f6>] enqueue_to_backlog+0x56/0x230 [ 34.560197] RSP: 0018:ffff880466ca3ca8 EFLAGS: 00010046 [ 34.561604] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88047ec98dc0 RCX: 0000000000000018 [ 34.563015] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88047ec98ecc [ 34.564457] RBP: ffff880466ca3ce8 R08: ffff88047ee82000 R09: 0000000000000008 [ 34.565871] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000e65 R12: ffff88047ec98ecc [ 34.567285] R13: 0000000000018dc0 R14: ffff880466ca3d00 R15: ffff880464c2f600 [ 34.568746] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88047ec80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 34.570166] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 34.571599] CR2: 0000000000000048 CR3: 0000000002e06000 CR4: 00000000003406e0 [ 34.573057] Stack: [ 34.574474] ffffffffc06191d8 ffff880466ca3ce8 0000000000000286 ffff880464c2f600 [ 34.575949] ffff880464c2f600 ffff88007a06c000 ffff88007a06c000 ffff880464c2f600 [ 34.577460] ffff880466ca3d20 ffffffff81726b14 0000000000000286 ffff880466ca3d28 [ 34.578922] Call Trace: [ 34.580402] [<ffffffff81726b14>] netif_rx_internal+0x44/0x110 [ 34.581840] [<ffffffff81726ca0>] netif_rx_ni+0x20/0x80 [ 34.583289] [<ffffffffc05fb0e3>] brcmf_netif_rx+0x73/0x90 [brcmfmac] [ 34.584791] [<ffffffffc0600a54>] brcmf_msgbuf_process_rx+0x134/0x5d0 [brcmfmac] [ 34.586239] [<ffffffff810ddac0>] ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.35+0xe0/0xe0 [ 34.587701] [<ffffffffc0601421>] brcmf_proto_msgbuf_rx_trigger+0x31/0xe0 [brcmfmac] [ 34.589196] [<ffffffffc060d31f>] brcmf_pcie_isr_thread+0x16f/0x1d0 [brcmfmac] [ 34.590657] [<ffffffff810ddae0>] irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50 [ 34.592178] [<ffffffff810dde28>] irq_thread+0x138/0x1c0 [ 34.593634] [<ffffffff8183229b>] ? __schedule+0x2eb/0x760 [ 34.595085] [<ffffffff810ddb80>] ? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x70/0x70 [ 34.596570] [<ffffffff810ddcf0>] ? irq_thread_check_affinity+0xc0/0xc0 [ 34.598003] [<ffffffff810a0f68>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0 [ 34.599460] [<ffffffff81836c9f>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40 [ 34.600948] [<ffffffff810a0e90>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 34.602417] Code: 1c f5 00 63 f3 81 9c 58 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 45 d0 fa 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 8d a3 0c 01 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 2e 00 11 00 49 8b 47 20 <48> 8b 40 48 a8 01 74 10 8b 93 08 01 00 00 8b 05 2a 70 81 00 39 [ 34.604088] RIP [<ffffffff817268f6>] enqueue_to_backlog+0x56/0x230 [ 34.605617] RSP <ffff880466ca3ca8> [ 34.607135] CR2: 0000000000000048 [ 34.608712] ---[ end trace af2298464e0c5d96 ]--- (Soon after, I see 'unable to handle kernel paging request', and things get worse from there.) lspci for the relevant device: 3a:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4350 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 08) Subsystem: Dell BCM4350 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 284 Memory at dc400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K] Memory at dc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/16 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [68] Vendor Specific Information: Len=44 <?> Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-cb-ff-ff-e8-30-52 Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [1b0] Latency Tolerance Reporting Capabilities: [220] #15 Capabilities: [240] L1 PM Substates Kernel driver in use: brcmfmac Kernel modules: brcmfmac This appears to be a recent regression (since v4.6-rc7).
It looks like skb->dev is NULL in enqueue_to_backlog.
A fix has been submitted to linux-wireless: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9149583/
Thanks, can confirm that patch fixes the problem.
This afaics was fixed by https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/31143e2933 Should this bug be closed? Sincerely, your regression tracker for Linux 4.7 (http://bit.ly/28JRmJo )
*** Bug 119761 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***