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Oracle Linux: VMware Guest VM: "BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#N" Entry in /var/log/messages Log (Doc ID 2448184.1)

Last updated on MAY 22, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

On a VMware virtual machine which runs an Oracle Linux guest, is getting error with BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0

Further details are found in the /var/log/messages:



Cause

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