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Driver crash occurred while screen was locked

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Description

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

570.133.07

Please confirm this issue does not happen with the proprietary driver (of the same version). This issue tracker is only for bugs specific to the open kernel driver.
  • I confirm that this does not happen with the proprietary driver package.
Operating System and Version

Arch Linux

Kernel Release

6.13.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.
  • I am running on a stable kernel release.
Hardware: GPU

GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (UUID: GPU-85fade4b-34aa-55e3-2fe2-caacc7060d25)

Describe the bug

After updating to version 570.133.07, the driver crashed, which caused the entire machine to freeze. This issue has never occurred with driver version 570.124.04.

I'm using KDE with Wayland. I have two displays: the built-in laptop screen and an external monitor connected via HDMI.
At the moment of the freeze, the screen lock was active, and it's possible that the monitors had also gone to sleep. No GPU- or CPU-intensive applications were running in the background at the time.

To Reproduce

I don't currently know a reliable way to reproduce the issue.

Bug Incidence

Once

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

crash-journal.log.gz - full journal from the boot
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

More Info

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Research direction

Start by reviewing nvidia-bug-report.log.gz and crash-journal.log.gz for the freeze while the screen lock or displays were asleep. Compare the reported 570.133.07 behavior with 570.124.04 and determine whether the logs provide a reproducible failure or a clear driver fault; completion would require a confirmed diagnosis and regression fix.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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