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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:13:42 +0200
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated?
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On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 08:06:13AM +0100, Pedro Francisco wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> Is it possible a faulty ath5k module to affect diverse parts of kernel causing 
> different oopses to happen referencing things as different as cdrom_ioctl, 
> find_vma, i915_gem_object_get_pages, get_vfs_caps_from_disk, 
> warn_slowpath_common (ath5k_tasklet_rx), proc_lookup_de and 
> _spin_lock(ext4_getattr) [soft lookup]?
> 

Yes.

A bug a kernel module could corrupt any memory.

If you know a working version of the kernel try a git bisect otherwise
just post your dmesg with the crash etc.

regards,
dan carpenter
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