Failed to start Load Kernel Modules when booting kernel above 5.15

When I try to boot into any kernel above 5.15 (kernel that came preinstalled) i get an error:

Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.

It then proceeds to spit a bunch of lines and then hangs on below:

Aug 01 21:44:39 girlboss-desktop kernel: audit: type=1334 audit(1659404679.803:34): prog-id=0 op=UNLOAD

I’ve gone through other posts stating that reinstalling the kernel or reinstalling the nvidia drivers would fix it but I’ve done both multiple times to no avail.

Journal dump here:

5.15 is the latest long term support kernel. Just curious, do you have specific hardware that needs a kernel above the 5.15 kernel? Because the main reason to install kernels newer than the latest LTS kernel is hardware support.

It is because of the nvidia driver:

Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: 
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: traps: Missing ENDBR: _nv011433rm+0x0/0x10 [nvidia]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:252!
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: CPU: 8 PID: 352 Comm: systemd-modules Tainted: P           OE     5.18.14-1-MANJARO #1 55fb2be9700e84eacbaa2cb7f3b2c096e5cf010c
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B660-PLUS D4, BIOS 1603 07/06/2022
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RIP: 0010:exc_control_protection+0xc2/0xd0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Code: 8b 93 80 00 00 00 be f9 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 63 4c 27 8c e8 41 0d 4c ff e9 72 ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 4a 4c 27 8c e8 02 f4 fa ff 0f 0b <0f> 0b 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 66 0f 1f 00 55 53 48 89
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffb7a6009f3b98 EFLAGS: 00010002
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RAX: 0000000000000033 RBX: ffffb7a6009f3bb8 RCX: 0000000000000027
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9de71fc216a0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb7a6009f39b8
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8cacaa08 R12: 0000000000000000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: FS:  00007f744140e200(0000) GS:ffff9de71fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: CR2: 00007f743f598000 CR3: 00000001095aa001 CR4: 0000000000f70ee0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: PKRU: 55555554
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Call Trace:
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  <TASK>
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  asm_exc_control_protection+0x25/0x30
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RIP: 0010:_nv011433rm+0x0/0x10 [nvidia]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 08 e8 57 10 1e 00 48 83 c4 08 48 89 c7 e9 bb ff ff ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 <48> 89 f7 e9 18 08 00 00 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 89 f7 e9 18 08
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffb7a6009f3c60 EFLAGS: 00010202
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RAX: ffffffffc0fb52c0 RBX: ffffffffc31c9170 RCX: 0000000000000000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RDX: 0000000000083ab2 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: ffffffffc31c9170
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RBP: ffff9ddfdb5e2fe0 R08: 0000000000000020 R09: ffffffffc31c91b0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R10: ffffffffc317feb0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000010
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R13: ffff9ddfdb5e0000 R14: 00007f74415d2343 R15: ffffb7a6009f3de0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? _nv034913rm+0x20/0x20 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv011431rm+0x24/0xe0 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv034914rm+0xe/0xa0 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv034917rm+0x1d/0x30 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv034919rm+0x2f/0x40 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv015567rm+0x15/0x70 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  _nv000642rm+0x9/0x20 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? cdev_add+0x50/0x70
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  rm_init_rm+0x17/0x60 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  nvidia_init_module+0x242/0x616 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? nvidia_init_module+0x616/0x616 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  nvidia_frontend_init_module+0x50/0x94 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? nvidia_init_module+0x616/0x616 [nvidia 2caa7ef4bf005755bd7a75bd7c75b54b6ebb705f]
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  do_one_initcall+0x5a/0x220
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  do_init_module+0x4a/0x250
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  __do_sys_init_module+0x138/0x1b0
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x50
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? __x64_sys_munmap+0x1b/0x30
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x90
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1db/0x690
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x170
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7f744131299e
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: Code: 48 8b 0d fd a3 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 af 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d ca a3 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RSP: 002b:00007ffe7f21fb08 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000af
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055d8a7eb87e0 RCX: 00007f744131299e
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RDX: 00007f74415d2343 RSI: 0000000004690938 RDI: 00007f743af08010
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: RBP: 00007f74415d2343 R08: 000055d8a7eb8a30 R09: 0000000000000000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000020000
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel: R13: 000055d8a7eb88a0 R14: 000055d8a7eb87e0 R15: 000055d8a7eb8e40
Aug 01 21:44:09 girlboss-desktop kernel:  </TASK>

No idea what problem there is, but seems to this:

nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
1 Like

I wanted to use the optimizations for 12th gen intel.

After a quick Google search for “module verfication failed”, setting ibt=off in boot parameters seems to fix it. Thanks for setting me on the right path!

2 Likes

What a delight. Here is someone who can use a search engine with success!

Keep it up!

1 Like

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.