PSOD with error - Exception 14 , bnxtnet_poll on ESXi host
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PSOD with error - Exception 14 , bnxtnet_poll on ESXi host

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Article ID: 395495

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

A page fault (Exception 14) occurs when the page being requested has not been successfully loaded into memory.

Page Fault generated by ESXi due to Broadcom driver issue.

WARNING: bnxtnet mini backtrace...
Backtrace for current CPU #74, worldID=######, fp=0xfc
0x453adb51bde0:[0x420003b9b823]vmk_LogBacktraceMessage@vmkernel#nover+0xb stack: 0x453a
00000040, 0x8000000000, 0x4318511c001a, 0x452289bc0000, 0x45bb34cbf180
0x453adb51bdf0:[0x420004b27e55][email protected]#1+0x231e stack: 0x4318511c001a, 0x452289bc0000, 0x45bb34cbf180, 0x453adb51bec8, 0x4523a40ea030
0x453adb51bf10:[0x420004b284ab][email protected]#1+0x78 stack: 0x8000000000000000, 0x0, 0x430295a91d80, 0x1, 0x0
0x453adb51bf70:[0x420003c9dfc5]NetPollWorldCallback@vmkernel#nover+0x19a stack: 0x453ac0f1003a, 0x420004b28434, 0x420003c9dfb8, 0x0, 0x0
0x453adb51bfe0:[0x4200040d67b2]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0xbf stack: 0x0, 0x420003b44cf0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
0x453adb51c000:[0x420003b44cef]Debug_IsInitialized@vmkernel#nover+0xc stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
World: 3355: PRDA 0x420052800000 ss 0x0 ds 0x750 es 0x750 fs 0x0 gs 0x0
World: 3357: TR 0x768 GDT 0xfffffffffca02888 (0xffff) IDT 0xfffffffffc408000 (0xffff)
World: 3359: CR0 0x80050033 CR3 0x1085e1ab000 CR4 0x152668
Backtrace for current CPU ##, worldID=#####, fp=###########
0x453adb51b650:[0x420003cd00f0]Pkt_CopyBytesFromSGMA@vmkernel#nover+0x3c stack: 0x4307dd0ce580, 0x420003cb45ab, 0x10, 0x453adb51b6e0, 0x45bb34cbf180
0x453adb51b670:[0x420003cb45aa]Vmxnet3VMKDevDeliverPktToQueue@vmkernel#nover+0x443 stack: 0x45bb34cbf180, 0x4308fe622bc0, 0xffff821f00000000, 0xffff821fc4b41800, 0x4308ec602200
0x420003cb793c]Vmxnet3VMKDevRxWithLock@vmkernel#nover+0xdc1 stack: 0x453adb51b800, 0x4307dd0ce580, 0x0, 0x1, 0xfffffffffffffcc0
0x420003cba495]Vmxnet3VMKDevRxFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x476 stack: 0x4307dd0ce870, 0453adb51bae0, 0x4308fe622e80, 0x4307dd0ce870, 0x100453a00000000
0x420003c6c951]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0x282 stack: 0x1, 0x45bb34cbf180, 0x45bb34cbf180, 0x1b3e00000001, 0x1
0x420003d64c8f]vmk_PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0x11c stack: 0x45db23274908, 0x0, 0x45db23274c38, 0x0, 0x0
0x4200049b03c3][email protected]#1.0.0+0x9c stack: 0x453adb51bc60, 0x840000070000001d, 0x0, 0x400001d34cbf4c0, 0x453adb51be40
0x4200049b992a][email protected]#1.0.0+0x74f stack: 0x0, 0x420000000000, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
0x420003c6cc1a]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x1bf stack: 0x420003c6cc09, 0x0, 0x4307dd004bf0, 0x4307dd004bf0, 0x430295a91d40
0x420003ccd28a]Net_AcceptRxList@vmkernel#nover+0x25b stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x8, 0x420003b695a4
0x420003c9dee4]NetPollWorldCallback@vmkernel#nover+0xb9 stack: 0x453ac0f1003a, 0x420004b28434, 0x420003c9dfb8, 0x0, 0x0
0x4200040d67b2]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0xbf stack: 0x0, 0x420003b44cf0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
0x420003b44cef]Debug_IsInitialized@vmkernel#nover+0xc stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
ESC[45mESC[33;1mVMware ESXi 8.0.3 [Releasebuild-24585383 x86_64]ESC[0m
#PF Exception 14 in world ######:vmnic#-pollW IP 

Environment

VMware vSphere 7.x
VMware vSphere 8.x

Cause

This issue is due to the incorrect handling of invalid cons_rx_buf->page in bnxtnet_rx_pages.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in driver bnxtnet async driver 233.0.156.0

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