ize. BUG_ON(page->index >= MAX_ORDER); since the page we are referring to is outside what the kernel thinks is it's max valid memory. root:~> while [ 1 ]; ps > /dev/null; done kernel BUG at mm/nommu.c:119! Kernel panic - not syncing: BUG! We fixed this by adding a check to reject out of range object pointers as it already does that for NULL pointers. Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich Signed-off-by: Robin Getz Acked-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds 3