# Latest update 8.7 - 4.18.0-425.10.1.e18\_7.x86\_64 : soft lockup **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [January 15, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570 "2023-01-15T05:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B3rtm3n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/b3rtm3n/32/2621_2.png) [@B3rtm3n](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/B3rtm3n)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/1 "2023-01-15T05:37:20Z")
Good day, Yesterday I installed the latest updates and I ran into a soft lockup after reboot. What could be the cause of this and how can I solve this? ![bug](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/b/b25f0bd22b7a71ef63fa5d6541c36f467cae7a66.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/2 "2023-01-15T18:50:50Z")
Do you have any kmod package installed? Then this is due to a bug in the kernel. > **[RHEL8.7 system with the kernel version 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86\_64 fails to...](https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6985596)** > > RHEL8.7 system with the kernel version 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86\_64 fails to boot with soft lockup messages during loading/unloading of an unsigned (E) Out-of-tree (O) kernel module. Soft lockup while loading the IBM shipped \[filepath\] module using the... Some of elrepo’s kmod packages are affected by this bug and they will be rebuilt against the latest kernel. ---
**Author:** ![B3rtm3n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/b3rtm3n/32/2621_2.png) [@B3rtm3n](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/B3rtm3n)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/3 "2023-01-15T19:02:48Z")
Thank you for your reply. Indeed I have a [wifi](https://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el8/x86_64/RPMS/) driver installed. This means I have to remove it prior to each new kernel update? ---
**Author:** ![jbkt23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jbkt23](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jbkt23)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/4 "2023-01-15T19:25:23Z")
But that bug appeared in the kernel prior to 10.1 . What is the current working kernel for you? uname -r at the command prompt will tell you. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/5 "2023-01-15T19:55:34Z")
> [@B3rtm3n](#): > > Indeed I have a [wifi](https://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el8/x86_64/RPMS/) driver installed. > > This means I have to remove it prior to each new kernel update? Or you can wait for a day or so. Updated version of kmods should be available soon. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/6 "2023-01-15T20:24:46Z")
You can follow the progress here: [https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1316](https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1316) ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/7 "2023-01-16T00:43:29Z")
@B3rtm3n The only wifi packages that are affected by the kernel bug are kmod-ath5k and kmod-iwlegacy. They both have been updated and are now syncing to the mirror sites. kmod-ath5k-0.0-9.el8\_7.elrepo.x86\_64.rpm kmod-iwlegacy-0.0-9.el8\_7.elrepo.x86\_64.rpm ---
**Author:** ![B3rtm3n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/b3rtm3n/32/2621_2.png) [@B3rtm3n](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/B3rtm3n)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/8 "2023-01-16T04:05:47Z")
Yes that is correct. I am using the ath5k. Thx for the info. Is this a one time bug or will this occur with each new kernel update? Update. Just installed latest version of ath5k driver and after reboot all is working fine. Thank you for all your help. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/9 "2023-01-16T17:05:06Z")
Glad to hear things are working again. It was a bug in kernel version 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86\_64, so was a “one-time” bug. It affected a number of kmods because this was a “GA” kernel for el8.7. ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/latest-update-8-7-4-18-0-425-10-1-e18-7-x86-64-soft-lockup/8570/10 "2023-08-24T04:53:33Z")