@BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world #######:vmnicX-pollW IP (esxi PSOD)

Products

• VMware NSX
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

ESXi Host fails with PSOD with "PF Exception 14 in world #######:vmnicX-pollW IP"

Panic Details: Crash at YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00.000Z on CPU # running world XXXXXX. VMK Uptime:0:00:00:00.000
Panic Message: @BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world #######:vmnicX-pollW IP 0x42000102701a addr 0x45bea3400000
Backtrace (top 8 lines):
0x############:[0x42000102701a]vmk_BitVectorNextBit@vmkernel#nover+0x36 stack: 0x6, 0x45ba35ffde00, 0x10042db1e, 0x430300000000, 0x4539f0b1bb40
0x############:[0x420002658ea6][e-mail]#1.1.7.0.19801961+0x15f stack: 0x10042db1e, 0x430300000000, 0x4539f0b1bb40, 0x60000ea34b80ac0, 0x0
0x############:[0x42000265d79d][e-mail]#1.1.7.0.19801961+0x14e2 stack: 0x0, 0x420000000000, 0x430193f19940, 0x45beb99802c0, 0x0
0x############:[0x420001228dd9]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x2c6 stack: 0x4306dc909430, 0x803138, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
0x############:[0x42000126ced2]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0xbf stack: 0x3fff, 0x430193f19940, 0x4306dc803138, 0x430193f19940, 0x4306dc803138
0x############:[0x4200011e67a7]Net_AcceptRxList@vmkernel#nover+0x264 stack: 0x86000013, 0x4306dc909140, 0x60000ef, 0x420001272745, 0x0
0x############:[0x4200012a6157]NetPollWorldCallback@vmkernel#nover+0xb8 stack: 0x34, 0x420001f8e138, 0x4200012a6222, 0x0, 0x0
0x############:[0x4200013b290d]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x86 stack: 0x0, 0x4200010c4b90, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x
VMware vSphere ESXi

Cause

ESXi host crashes with a purple diagnostic screen for multicast traffic when NSX-T flow cache is enabled.

Resolution

Upgrade to NSX 3.2.3, see Release Note Fixed Issue 3042466: ESXi host crashes with a purple diagnostic screen for multicast traffic.