Fedora 41 + Kernel 6.12: Frequently crash after update (Out of Memory)

Hi,

I just recently updated Fedora on my laptop. It was a month since the previous update so this one is very big (not like from 40 to 41 though). However, after updating, I experience frequent crash due to out of memory, which was something I never experienced before.

I notice that before it crashes, my fans spin like crazy and make loud noise. This is my htop look like:

I don’t really know what gnome-shell and systemd really do but they take up most of CPU and memory respectively. Here are some other specs that I often see people ask:

inxi -Fzxx

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 14.2.1
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7501 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 09H3PJ v: A02 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 09EF
    UEFI: Dell v: 1.24.0 date: 07/06/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 66.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 66.8/97.0 Wh (68.9%)
    volts: 11.8 min: 11.4 model: LGC-LGC8.509 DELL 9TM7D13 serial: <filter>
    status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: full
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet Lake rev: 2 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5000 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62399
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1,
    HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 550.142 arch: Turing pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
    active: none off: HDMI-A-4 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f99
  Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0bda:5538
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: nouveau,nv dri: iris
    gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-4 model: Lenovo LEN E2223swA res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102
    diag: 547mm (21.5")
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x083a res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142
    diag: 394mm (15.5")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:9bc4 display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:9bc4 device: 1
    type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1f99 device: 2 type: cpu
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: api: glxinfo,vulkaninfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-922f1861a4d7 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: docker_gwbridge state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: veth0032526 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: veth4af394f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: veth6a6d17d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: veth757754b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: vethe94d3b4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 6.83 TiB used: 2.13 TiB (31.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KDI model: OM3PDP3-AD NVMe 512GB
    size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 47.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: Portable size: 4.55 TiB type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T9 size: 1.82 TiB type: USB
    rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 475.35 GiB used: 368.56 GiB (77.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 536.2 MiB (55.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 32.2 MiB (5.4%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 475.35 GiB used: 368.56 GiB (77.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 6.48 GiB (81.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0 C pch: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.37 GiB
    used: 11.46 GiB (74.6%)
  Processes: 444 Power: uptime: 4h 13m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 23
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 alt: 17 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: fish v: 3.7.0
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37

journalctl -b -1 -p 3

Feb 26 09:20:30 fedora kernel: 
Feb 26 09:20:32 fedora kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_TZ.ETMD], AE_NOT_FOUND (20240827/psargs-332)
Feb 26 09:20:32 fedora kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.IETM._OSC due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20240827/psparse-529)
Feb 26 09:20:32 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-03-16:07:07.226352-25064.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:32 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-03-16:24:38.475124-26092.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:33 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-03-16:38:43.976509-26956.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:33 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-03-17:17:30.225630-30032.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:33 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-06-11:42:03.276556-15898.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:34 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-07-11:53:26.781797-17225.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:34 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:19:35.293297-29690.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:35 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:26:38.293507-30543.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:35 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:30:45.543375-31466.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:36 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:52:20.293457-32867.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:36 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:53:28.293588-33048.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:37 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:54:46.543798-33616.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:37 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:57:54.43525-34146.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:38 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-15:59:49.293238-34398.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:38 fedora firewalld[1110]: ERROR: NAME_CONFLICT: new_policy_object(): 'docker-forwarding'
Feb 26 09:20:38 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:03:08.543394-35327.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:38 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:04:31.293467-35541.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:39 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:42:29.793311-40587.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:39 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:46:53.543327-40905.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:40 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:53:05.793442-42599.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:40 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:56:58.543335-43410.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:41 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-16:59:51.43531-43788.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:41 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:05:13.544256-45146.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:42 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:06:27.293320-45453.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:42 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:17:33.543491-47352.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:43 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:18:42.543314-47589.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:43 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:26:55.543367-48902.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:43 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:28:28.793330-49199.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:44 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-17:33:29.43436-50466.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:44 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-09-22:37:01.794756-72188.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:45 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-09:59:56.455094-43313.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:45 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-10:09:25.955134-44486.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:46 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-10:10:40.205217-44835.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:46 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-10:16:58.455174-45638.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:47 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-10:18:12.955006-46125.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:47 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-11:25:05.205047-51775.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:47 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-11:45:09.705183-53309.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:48 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-12:02:16.454997-55129.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:48 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-12:14:38.204925-56059.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:49 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-12:15:45.704968-56514.new' is not a problem directory
Feb 26 09:20:49 fedora abrtd[1078]: '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-10-10-13:37:05.705167-65189.new' is not a problem directory

Every reply is appreciated. Feel free to ask for more specs and I will provide with my best.

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After couple days of downgrading to Kernel 6.12.13 and 6.12.11, the crash was still happening.

However, I upgraded to Kernel 6.13.4 for a day and there is no crash at all. There is no 100% CPU or memory. Everything works as normal so far.

This is not a definitive answer but I hope this helps anyone with this issue.