--- 1739358b444d834b1adecdd02681e45216ae0eed +++ 8ac0d763fe2a8086de586274d8479ba3bd10c952 @@ -830,6 +830,13 @@ mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, uns unsigned long address, unsigned int fault) { if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) { + /* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die: */ + if (!(error_code & PF_USER)) { + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + no_context(regs, error_code, address); + return; + } + out_of_memory(regs, error_code, address); } else { if (fault & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON))