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Oracle Linux: UEK4 Kernel Hung with Many Processes Stuck in "fanotify_handle_event" (Doc ID 2889387.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 14, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 to Oracle Linux 7.5 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.1.12] [Release OL6 to OL7U5]
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

This issue has been observed on Oracle Linux 6 or Oracle Linux 7 systems which run a UEK4 kernel. In all currently reported cases, the bug is always triggered by antivirus software either from McAfee or TrendMicro. In a vmcore file captured from the hung system, the typlical hung process's call stacks look like below, 

And there are normally many different processes get stuck in the same point.

Changes

 

Cause

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