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0006356Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2020-05-04 20:522020-12-01 10:41
ReporterNim Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2020.1 
Summary0006356: Seemingly random wifi crash after some time using the system, fills up harddrive with logs, freezes whole system
Description

Whenever I'm using Kali, at some random point (it may be after 30 minutes or two hours), the wifi connection stops working, some parts of the system freeze (I cannot view the wifi list by clicking the icons, the mouse sometimes freezes as well, and the disk space is very quickly filled by the /var/log/syslog, /var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages and /var/log/kern.log files getting bigger and bigger. The only way to stop it is to cold reboot the pc, then empty the files using CTRL+ALT+F1 command line to be able to log in. Then everything works again for some time, and crash again later.

The three log files are filled up with the following trace, repeating over and over until there is no more disk space:

May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432606] ------------[ cut here ]------------
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432607] wlan0: Failed check-sdata-in-driver check, flags: 0x4
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432630] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1970 at net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:17 drv_sta_state+0x241/0x3e0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432630] Modules linked in: ctr(E) ccm(E) fuse(E) btusb(E) btrtl(E) btbcm(E) btintel(E) bluetooth(E) uvcvideo(E) videobuf2_vmalloc(E) videobuf2_memops(E) videobuf2_v4l2(E) videobuf2_common(E) drbg(E) videodev(E) mc(E) ansi_cprng(E) ecdh_generic(E) ecc(E) snd_hda_codec_hdmi(E) intel_rapl_msr(E) snd_sof_pci(E) snd_sof_intel_hda_common(E) snd_sof_intel_hda(E) snd_sof_intel_byt(E) snd_sof_intel_ipc(E) snd_sof(E) snd_sof_xtensa_dsp(E) binfmt_misc(E) snd_soc_skl(E) snd_soc_hdac_hda(E) x86_pkg_temp_thermal(E) snd_hda_ext_core(E) snd_soc_sst_ipc(E) intel_powerclamp(E) snd_hda_codec_realtek(E) nls_ascii(E) iwlmvm(E) snd_soc_sst_dsp(E) coretemp(E) snd_soc_acpi_intel_match(E) snd_soc_acpi(E) nls_cp437(E) joydev(E) snd_hda_codec_generic(E) snd_soc_core(E) vfat(E) kvm_intel(E) mac80211(E) ledtrig_audio(E) fat(E) libarc4(E) snd_compress(E) kvm(E) snd_hda_intel(E) irqbypass(E) snd_intel_dspcfg(E) intel_cstate(E) snd_hda_codec(E) intel_uncore(E) iwlwifi(E) efi_pstore(E) snd_hda_core(E)
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432649] intel_rapl_perf(E) snd_hwdep(E) asus_nb_wmi(E) snd_pcm(E) asus_wmi(E) snd_timer(E) iTCO_wdt(E) iTCO_vendor_support(E) cfg80211(E) processor_thermal_device(E) sparse_keymap(E) snd(E) intel_rapl_common(E) mei_me(E) pcspkr(E) serio_raw(E) wmi_bmof(E) efivars(E) watchdog(E) sg(E) soundcore(E) hid_multitouch(E) mei(E) intel_soc_dts_iosf(E) rfkill(E) intel_pch_thermal(E) ac(E) int3403_thermal(E) int340x_thermal_zone(E) tpm_crb(E) tpm_tis(E) tpm_tis_core(E) tpm(E) rng_core(E) evdev(E) int3400_thermal(E) acpi_thermal_rel(E) acpi_pad(E) acpi_tad(E) sunrpc(E) efivarfs(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) autofs4(E) ext4(E) crc16(E) mbcache(E) jbd2(E) crc32c_generic(E) uas(E) usb_storage(E) sd_mod(E) hid_generic(E) crct10dif_pclmul(E) crc32_pclmul(E) crc32c_intel(E) ghash_clmulni_intel(E) i915(E) i2c_designware_platform(E) i2c_designware_core(E) i2c_algo_bit(E) mxm_wmi(E) aesni_intel(E) ahci(E) xhci_pci(E) libahci(E) drm_kms_helper(E) crypto_simd(E) xhci_hcd(E) cryptd(E) glue_helper(E) libata(E)
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432668] intel_lpss_pci(E) i2c_i801(E) intel_lpss(E) usbcore(E) scsi_mod(E) idma64(E) drm(E) mfd_core(E) usb_common(E) i2c_hid(E) hid(E) battery(E) wmi(E) video(E) button(E)
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432674] CPU: 5 PID: 1970 Comm: kworker/5:3 Tainted: G W E 5.5.0-kali2-amd64 0000001 Debian 5.5.17-1kali1
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432675] Hardware name: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ZenBook UX450FDX_UX450FDX/UX450FDX, BIOS UX450FDX.311 10/28/2019
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432686] Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432697] RIP: 0010:drv_sta_state+0x241/0x3e0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432698] Code: 00 45 31 e4 e9 70 fe ff ff 48 8b 83 78 04 00 00 48 8d b3 98 04 00 00 48 c7 c7 c8 92 68 c1 48 85 c0 48 0f 45 f0 e8 41 68 06 d7 <0f> 0b 41 bc fb ff ff ff e9 47 fe ff ff 65 8b 05 43 5e 9f 3e 89 c0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432699] RSP: 0018:ffffa57981fd3960 EFLAGS: 00010286
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432700] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e85076d48c0 RCX: 0000000000000007
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432701] RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000092 RDI: ffff8e8665d59a40
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432702] RBP: ffff8e86556a87c0 R08: 00000000000134af R09: 0000000000000004
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432703] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8e86556a87c0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432703] R13: 0000000000000004 R14: ffff8e86556a8db0 R15: 0000000000000003
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432705] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e8665d40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432705] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432706] CR2: 00007f2948430000 CR3: 000000020380a003 CR4: 00000000003606e0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432707] Call Trace:
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432719] sta_info_move_state+0x18f/0x2b0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432730] sta_info_destroy_part2+0x28/0x150 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432742] __sta_info_flush+0x148/0x1a0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432759] ieee80211_set_disassoc+0xba/0x5b0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432778] ieee80211_mgd_deauth.cold+0x49/0x1bf [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432799] cfg80211_mlme_deauth+0xb3/0x1d0 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432813] cfg80211_mlme_down+0x66/0x90 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432828] cfg80211_disconnect+0x129/0x1e0 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432839] cfg80211_leave+0x27/0x40 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432850] cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x1a9/0x560 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432852] ? do_error_trap+0xa2/0xd0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432864] ? drv_remove_interface+0xf5/0x100 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432866] ? do_invalid_op+0x37/0x40
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432876] ? drv_remove_interface+0xf5/0x100 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432880] ? rtnl_is_locked+0x11/0x20
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432881] ? inetdev_event+0x47/0x5a0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432897] ? ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0xd/0x10 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432902] ? iwl_mvm_recalc_multicast+0x45/0x70 [iwlmvm]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432904] notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x70
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432906] dev_close_many+0x5f/0x110
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432908] dev_close_many+0x91/0x150
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432910] dev_close.part.0+0x5e/0xa0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432922] cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x71/0xd0 [cfg80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432939] ieee80211_reconfig+0xa2/0x1480 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432941] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x4f/0x80
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432951] ieee80211_restart_work+0xb7/0xe0 [mac80211]
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432954] process_one_work+0x1b4/0x370
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432956] worker_thread+0x50/0x3c0
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432958] kthread+0xf9/0x130
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432960] ? process_one_work+0x370/0x370
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432962] ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432964] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
May 4 22:20:28 HolyShitDEDSEC kernel: [ 4985.432966] ---[ end trace f190ab1fcd1a1d22 ]---

Steps To Reproduce

I don't know, this seems to happen randomly, and I am not skilled enough to make sense of the logs

Additional Information

I've had some problems with my network card before, but nothing as big as this. I also had an old Kali version (2019) up until recently. This bug only happens since I updated. I can't figure out if this is a hardware or driver issue on my end or an issue with Kali. I don't have this kind of problems on my windows dual boot.

Activities

steev

steev

2020-05-04 21:21

manager   ~0012740

Does this occur after a suspend maybe? Which wifi card is it? I know it's using iwlwifi, but which model wifi card do you have specifically?

Assuming it's happening after a suspend/wakeup... can you try running as root

echo 'SUSPEND_MODULES="iwlwifi"' >> /etc/pm/config.d/config

Then rebooting and seeing if that affects things at all?
Nim

Nim

2020-05-04 21:34

reporter   ~0012741

Thank your for your answer.
It does not occur after a suspend. I often suspend my computer, but the crash in itself can happen even an hour after a suspend or wakeup, while I'm just using the computer normally. Should I try running the command, anyway?
My wifi card is an Intel Wireless-AC 9560, the computer an Asus Zenbook Pro 14 (ux480fd)
steev

steev

2020-05-04 21:41

manager   ~0012742

Yes please try it.
Nim

Nim

2020-05-04 23:13

reporter   ~0012743

This did not solve the issue unfortunately. My /etc/pm/ folder did not have a config.d folder inside (only a sleep.d), so I created it, and ran the command, then rebooted. I then used my computer for maybe two hours, everything was going smoothly, until the bug happened again randomly while I was browsing a webpage. I had to cold reboot immediately to prevent the harddrive for filling up again. The bug occured for something like 6 seconds until I turned off my computer, and the 3 logs file are already at 2.2 GB each
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2,2G mai 5 01:06 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2,2G mai 5 01:06 messages
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2,2G mai 5 01:11 syslog
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-12-01 10:41

administrator   ~0013738

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-05-04 20:52 Nim New Issue
2020-05-04 21:21 steev Note Added: 0012740
2020-05-04 21:34 Nim Note Added: 0012741
2020-05-04 21:41 steev Note Added: 0012742
2020-05-04 23:13 Nim Note Added: 0012743
2020-12-01 10:41 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0013738
2020-12-01 10:41 g0tmi1k Status new => closed