Bug 876

Summary:	Kernel 3.5.5 unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030
Product:	[ROSA-based products] ROSA Fresh	Reporter:	Alexander Burmashev <alex.burmashev>
Component:	Packages from Main	Assignee:	ROSA Linux Bugs <bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	ROSA Linux Bugs <bugs>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Fresh
Target Milestone:	2012 Desktop Beta2
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Platform:	---	ROSA Vulnerability identifier:
RPM Package:	kernel-3.5.5	ISO-related:
Bad POT generating:		Upstream:	known

Description Alexander Burmashev 2012-10-08 13:49:08 MSK

Description of problem:
All latest UEFI images with 3.5.5 kernel seem to be affected by unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030 at boot.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-3.5.5-1

How reproducible:
1)prepare an UEFI bootable disk, for example with dd.
2)boot
3)Notice the error

Comment 1 Alexander Burmashev 2012-10-08 13:49:51 MSK

This is the upstream bug and i am looking for a solution.

Comment 2 Alexander Burmashev 2012-10-08 13:51:12 MSK

by the way - only EFI boots are affected

Comment 3 Alexander Burmashev 2012-10-08 14:48:20 MSK

Strange, but seems that only some boots are affected. 
Lowering the severity as bug seems to be very random.