~ $ uname -a
Linux aether 3.7.5-hardened-r1 #6 SMP Thu May 9 09:11:01 EST 2013 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I'm happy to supply any extra details, these photos of the kernel message are really hard to read.

CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_AUTO is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_CUSTOM=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID=2023
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE_TRUSTED_GID=2022
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYMLINKOWN_GID=100
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KMEM=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_IO=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RAND_THREADSTACK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_MEMMAP=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_BRUTE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_MODHARDEN=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HIDESYM=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KERN_LOCKOUT=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_NO_RBAC is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_MAXTRIES=3
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_TIMEOUT=30
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USER is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USERGROUP=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_ADD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LINK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYMLINKOWN=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSFS_RESTRICT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ROFS=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DEVICE_SIDECHANNEL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHDIR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FCHDIR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MKNOD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SHMAT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_UNIX=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FINDTASK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_NICE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_GROUP is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECLOG=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RESLOG=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_EXECLOG=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_PTRACE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_CHDIR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SIGNAL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FORKFAIL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TIME=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_IPADDR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RWXMAP_LOG=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_TEXTREL is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DMESG=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HARDEN_PTRACE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PTRACE_READEXEC=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SETXID=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE_ALL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE_INVERT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE_GID=2022
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDNET=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_BLACKHOLE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_NO_SIMULT_CONNECT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_ALL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_ALL_GID=65534
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_CLIENT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_CLIENT_GID=2020
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_SERVER=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_SERVER_GID=2021
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL_DISTRO is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL_ON=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODTIME=1
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODBURST=2
CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC_PLUGIN=y
CONFIG_PAX_PER_CPU_PGD=y
CONFIG_PAX_USERCOPY_SLABS=y
CONFIG_PAX=y
# CONFIG_PAX_SOFTMODE is not set
# CONFIG_PAX_PT_PAX_FLAGS is not set
CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS=y
# CONFIG_PAX_NO_ACL_FLAGS is not set
CONFIG_PAX_HAVE_ACL_FLAGS=y
# CONFIG_PAX_HOOK_ACL_FLAGS is not set
CONFIG_PAX_NOEXEC=y
CONFIG_PAX_PAGEEXEC=y
CONFIG_PAX_EMUTRAMP=y
CONFIG_PAX_MPROTECT=y
# CONFIG_PAX_MPROTECT_COMPAT is not set
# CONFIG_PAX_ELFRELOCS is not set
CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC=y
CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC_PLUGIN_METHOD_BTS=y
# CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC_PLUGIN_METHOD_OR is not set
CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC_PLUGIN_METHOD="bts"
CONFIG_PAX_ASLR=y
CONFIG_PAX_RANDKSTACK=y
CONFIG_PAX_RANDUSTACK=y
CONFIG_PAX_RANDMMAP=y
CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_SANITIZE=y
CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_STACKLEAK=y
CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_UDEREF=y
CONFIG_PAX_REFCOUNT=y
CONFIG_PAX_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_PAX_SIZE_OVERFLOW=y
CONFIG_PAX_LATENT_ENTROPY=y
first try a newer kernel because i added some extra checks since that should catch the problem earlier (and hopefully closer to the root cause).shadowdaemon wrote:When it happens again and I can post the message I'll try either turning off UDEREF or updating the kernel, which is preferable?
[105367.679543] kernel BUG at /usr/src/linux-3.8.10-hardened/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h:100!
[105367.679585] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[105367.679614] Modules linked in: usb_storage netconsole snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd broadcom tg3 ptp pps_core
[105367.679734] CPU 2
[105367.679750] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 3.8.10-hardened #1 Acer Aspire 5741 /Aspire 5741
[105367.679805] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81084d84>] [<ffffffff81084d84>] native_pax_open_kernel+0x24/0x30
[105367.679858] RSP: 0000:ffff88006c7dde68 EFLAGS: 00010006
[105367.679885] RAX: 000000008004003b RBX: ffff88006f50e200 RCX: 0000000000000001
[105367.679924] RDX: 000000008005003b RSI: ffff880069ae8710 RDI: ffff88006c7ad4c0
[105367.679958] RBP: ffff88006c7dde68 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
[105367.679992] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8800699bc380
[105367.680027] R13: ffff8800699bc380 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000000002
[105367.680061] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88006f500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[105367.680101] CS: 0038 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[105367.680133] CR2: 00000000553f4000 CR3: 00000000017c5000 CR4: 00000000000007f0
[105367.680168] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[105367.680203] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[105367.680238] Process swapper/2 (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff88006c7ad8f8, task ffff88006c7ad4c0)
[105367.680274] Stack:
[105367.680288] ffff88006c7ddec8 ffffffff817b3e2d ffffffff8108d5d0 ffff88006c7ad8f8[105367.680565] [<ffffffff817a12c6>] ? set_multi+0x3c/0x3c
[105367.699464] ---[ end trace e17b53532f239296 ]---
[105367.699473] Kernel panic - not syncing: grsec: halting the system due to suspicious kernel crash caused by root
[105367.699550] drm_kms_helper: panic occurred, switching back to text console