# Kernel Update on Ubuntu 17.10 causes Elasticsearch to panic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kernel-update-on-ubuntu-17-10-causes-elasticsearch-to-panic/116865>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kernel-update-on-ubuntu-17-10-causes-elasticsearch-to-panic/116865 "2018-01-24T12:33:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kernel-update-on-ubuntu-17-10-causes-elasticsearch-to-panic/116865/8 "2018-01-25T03:24:30Z")

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This is a [kernel bug](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/28349#issuecomment-360233779). Upgrading ES might work around this issue (I have not verified), but this is the wrong solution. My point: the kernel has a bad bug, you should drop it immediately, it can’t be trusted.

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