hardware fault Kernel error - 4.4.49.16 every few minutes

Hi All,

After upgrading to latest kernel update as shown in “latest update” available, keep getting this error every few minutes with Konsole “bell in session default” pop up. I got this error earlier when I upgraded to kernel 4.4.46

Earlier default kernel 4.4.36-8.1 this error never occurred

kernel: 1726.041647] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 2: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.041650] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 37c9fd9bdf2 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.041653] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938703 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.041656] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.041658] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 37c9fd9bdfa mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.041660] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938703 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043597] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 2: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043599] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 37ca01d6b3a mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043601] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938703 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043604] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043607] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 37ca01d6b42 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:48:23 …
kernel: 1726.043609] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938703 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133718] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 3: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133721] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 3a1787171f4 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133723] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938776 SOCKET 0 APIC 3 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133725] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133727] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 3a1787171fc mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.133729] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938776 SOCKET 0 APIC 2 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134227] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134231] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 3a17892b0f4 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134234] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938776 SOCKET 0 APIC 2 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134237] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 3: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134241] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 3a17892b0de mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:49:36 …
kernel: 1798.134245] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487938776 SOCKET 0 APIC 3 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012704] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012708] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 415f0911e30 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012710] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939003 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012713] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 2: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012714] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 415f0911e18 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:53:23 …
kernel: 2026.012716] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939003 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108300] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 3: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108304] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 43ac9ae6d46 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108307] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939076 SOCKET 0 APIC 3 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108310] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 00000000880003cb

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108312] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 43ac9ae6d55 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.108313] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939076 SOCKET 0 APIC 2 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109286] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 3: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109288] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 43ac9cfd662 mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109291] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939076 SOCKET 0 APIC 3 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109293] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008801028a

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109295] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 43ac9cfd66c mce:

Message from syslogd@linux-wxrs at Feb 24 17:54:36 …
kernel: 2098.109297] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1487939076 SOCKET 0 APIC 2 microcode 29

Just to make sure this is not discounted as a “one off” error report, and to help rohanldsouza76 out any way I can, I am going to add a “Me Too” to this error report… Hope someone can figure out what is going on, these error messages clutter up all Konsole windows and can make them difficult/annoying to use for work…

Thanks in advance for any help, Marc...

Same problem here. Definitely didn’t appear before kernel update to 4.4.49-16-default.
If there’s no response here we should consider opening a bug report: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org

My computer
OS: openSUSE 42.2
Computer type: Notebook
Model: ThinkPad X220 (TYPE: 4291-36G, PRODUCT ID: 429136G)
CPU + integrated graphics: Intel(R) Core™ i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz (2 cores + 2 hyperthreading cores)
RAM: 8 GB

I’m not sure when these message appear. But last time it happened I was just compiling wine-2.3. So all cpu cores were at high load.

This block of messages appeared at once:

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427953] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008803000b

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427956] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 4dc47e06c57 mce: 

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427957] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1488627627 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427959] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008803000b

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427959] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 4dc47e06c60 mce: 

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.427960] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1488627627 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428784] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008804000a

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428786] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 4dc480879e2 mce: 

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428787] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1488627627 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 29

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428788] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check: 0 Bank 128: 000000008804000a

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428789] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 4dc480879ee mce: 

Message from syslogd@littlenotebook at Mar  4 12:40:27 ...
 kernel:[105459.428790] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:206a7 TIME 1488627627 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 29

I am seeing the same issue - I have opened the bug:

Bug 1028027 - kernel 4.4.49-16-default is triggering mce errors

These messages are triggered by thermal events. It seems all newer kernel do produce these messages - so that is definitely a bug. But the annoying side effect is that it does spam every single shell on the system.

I have now found a easy way to disable the messages reaching every shell. The reason is that the kernel sends these mce messages as Emergency messages. So that rule in /etc/rsyslog.conf is responsible for these messages:

# Emergency messages to everyone logged on (wall)
*.emerg        :omusrmsg:*

I just commented out that line and now these messages are logged but they don’t bother me in the shell any more:

# Emergency messages to everyone logged on (wall)
#*.emerg      :omusrmsg:*