Emulex lpfc driver causes surgical memory corruption (bit-flips) leading to kernel panics

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The lpfc driver can cause memory corruption which could lead to kernal panic.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Emulex 16G HBA

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