I'm getting same/similar issue: After upgrading my system to 6.2 recently I've been getting seemingly random network card crashes. >lsb-release: DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=21.2 DISTRIB_CODENAME=victoria DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria" >uname -a: Linux i5-ProDesk 6.2.0-26-generic #26~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jul 13 16:27:29 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >lspci: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 >dmesg: [ 9.210269] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8168h/8111h, 40:b0:34:fb:e8:5a, XID 541, IRQ 133 [ 9.210273] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9194 bytes, tx checksumming: ko] [ 9.210507] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1c04, idProduct=0013, bcdDevice=61.08 [ 9.210511] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 9.210512] usb 2-2: Product: TR-004 [ 9.210513] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: QNAP Systems, Inc. [ 9.210514] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 51323043423037383430 [ 9.242547] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: renamed from eth0 [ 9.292656] mei_hdcp 0000:00:16.0-b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_hdcp_component_ops [i915]) [ 9.295636] usb-storage 2-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 9.295795] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-2:1.0 [ 9.295851] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 9.305456] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas [ 9.379685] intel_tcc_cooling: Programmable TCC Offset detected [ 9.406737] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package [ 9.406740] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core [ 9.406742] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain uncore [ 9.406744] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain dram [ 9.426136] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0100 -> 0102) [ 9.426440] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) [ 9.513624] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: CX20632: BIOS auto-probing. [ 9.514513] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for CX20632: line_outs=1 (0x1c/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line [ 9.514530] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=1 (0x1f/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 9.514537] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x19/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 9.514543] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0 [ 9.514546] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: inputs: [ 9.514550] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0x1a [ 9.514554] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1d [ 9.571974] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input23 [ 9.572082] input: HDA Intel PCH Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input24 [ 9.572161] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input25 [ 9.572244] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input26 [ 9.572346] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input27 [ 9.572433] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input28 [ 9.572552] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input29 [ 10.128945] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p3): mounted filesystem fec84ea4-37d8-4a23-aa47-6026b141f1e0 with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none. [ 10.167438] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.357:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe" pid=490 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.167443] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.357:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe//kmod" pid=490 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.167646] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.357:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="lsb_release" pid=489 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.171430] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/bin/man" pid=492 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.171434] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_filter" pid=492 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.171436] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_groff" pid=492 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.172672] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session" pid=488 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.172675] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session//chromium" pid=488 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.173611] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.361:12): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/bin/redshift" pid=493 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.175074] audit: type=1400 audit(1692740819.365:13): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=491 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 10.218202] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module. [ 10.218204] RPC: Registered udp transport module. [ 10.218205] RPC: Registered tcp transport module. [ 10.218206] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module. [ 10.322223] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access QNAP TR-004 DISK00 6108 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 [ 10.322510] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 10.322737] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). [ 10.322864] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] 46883930112 512-byte logical blocks: (24.0 TB/21.8 TiB) [ 10.322870] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks [ 10.323181] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 10.323187] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 47 00 00 08 [ 10.323500] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 10.366735] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 10.570267] fbcon: Taking over console [ 10.596271] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48 [ 10.706401] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-200:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-200:00, irq=MAC) [ 10.780320] Lockdown: Xorg: raw io port access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 [ 10.901951] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Down [ 11.040232] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this. [ 13.279884] Lockdown: systemd-logind: hibernation is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 [ 13.291180] Lockdown: systemd-logind: hibernation is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 [ 14.157624] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 14.157677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp2s0: link becomes ready [ 14.162293] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off [ 14.162428] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Down [ 15.530004] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:406E.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected. [ 17.671377] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off [ 18.257246] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:406D.0004: HID++ 4.5 device connected. [ 22.827616] EXT4-fs (sda): mounted filesystem 62140d4d-9618-435f-8414-18384be15421 with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none. [ 67.980872] show_signal_msg: 18 callbacks suppressed [ 67.980874] GpuWatchdog[2955]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd0eaf929a6 sp 00007fd0dfdfd370 error 6 in libcef.so[7fd0e6aef000+7770000] likely on CPU 1 (core 1, socket 0) [ 67.980884] Code: 89 de e8 0d ef 6e ff 80 7d cf 00 79 09 48 8b 7d b8 e8 4e 66 2c 03 41 8b 84 24 e0 00 00 00 89 45 b8 48 8d 7d b8 e8 5a d3 b5 fb 04 25 00 00 00 00 37 13 00 00 48 83 c4 38 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e [ 2809.974520] perf: interrupt took too long (2529 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79000 [ 6003.062611] perf: interrupt took too long (3175 > 3161), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63000 [ 6781.127013] perf: interrupt took too long (3972 > 3968), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50250 [ 8278.008471] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 8278.008479] NETDEV WATCHDOG: enp2s0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out [ 8278.008510] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3485 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:525 dev_watchdog+0x21f/0x230 [ 8278.008527] Modules linked in: xt_multiport xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp nft_compat nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables nfnetlink bridge stp llc sunrpc binfmt_misc snd_soc_avs snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_soc_hda_codec snd_hda_ext_core snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_soc_core snd_hda_codec_generic ledtrig_audio snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg intel_rapl_msr snd_intel_sdw_acpi intel_rapl_common snd_hda_codec intel_tcc_cooling snd_hda_core x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_hwdep intel_powerclamp snd_pcm coretemp snd_seq_midi kvm_intel snd_seq_midi_event uas usb_storage snd_rawmidi mei_pxp mei_hdcp kvm snd_seq irqbypass snd_seq_device joydev hp_wmi rapl snd_timer r8169 nls_iso8859_1 input_leds intel_cstate sparse_keymap mei_me snd realtek serio_raw platform_profile ee1004 mei soundcore wmi_bmof mac_hid acpi_pad sch_fq_codel msr parport_pc ppdev lp pstore_blk ramoops parport pstore_zone [ 8278.008682] reed_solomon efi_pstore ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs blake2b_generic xor raid6_pq libcrc32c dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log hid_logitech_hidpp i915 hid_logitech_dj drm_buddy i2c_algo_bit ttm drm_display_helper crct10dif_pclmul cec crc32_pclmul rc_core polyval_clmulni hid_generic polyval_generic drm_kms_helper ghash_clmulni_intel usbhid syscopyarea sha512_ssse3 hid sysfillrect aesni_intel nvme sysimgblt crypto_simd ahci i2c_i801 xhci_pci nvme_core drm cryptd psmouse xhci_pci_renesas i2c_smbus libahci nvme_common video wmi [ 8278.008808] CPU: 1 PID: 3485 Comm: bitburner Not tainted 6.2.0-26-generic #26~22.04.1-Ubuntu [ 8278.008816] Hardware name: HP HP ProDesk 400 G4 SFF /82A2, BIOS P08 Ver. 02.46 03/28/2023 [ 8278.008819] RIP: 0010:dev_watchdog+0x21f/0x230 [ 8278.008830] Code: 00 e9 31 ff ff ff 4c 89 e7 c6 05 f5 a9 78 01 01 e8 c6 ff f7 ff 44 89 f1 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 08 30 24 93 48 89 c2 e8 31 0b 2c ff <0f> 0b e9 22 ff ff ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 [ 8278.008836] RSP: 0000:ffffa30488b17db0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 8278.008842] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff924a5f31c4c8 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 8278.008847] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 8278.008851] RBP: ffffa30488b17dd8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 8278.008855] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff924a5f31c000 [ 8278.008858] R13: ffff924a5f31c41c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 8278.008862] FS: 00007fa39d427280(0000) GS:ffff924d62680000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 8278.008868] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 8278.008872] CR2: 000016980078c380 CR3: 0000000216c98002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 8278.008877] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 8278.008880] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 8278.008884] Call Trace: [ 8278.008888] [ 8278.008895] ? __pfx_dev_watchdog+0x10/0x10 [ 8278.008905] call_timer_fn+0x29/0x160 [ 8278.008914] ? __pfx_dev_watchdog+0x10/0x10 [ 8278.008921] __run_timers.part.0+0x1fb/0x2b0 [ 8278.008929] ? ktime_get+0x43/0xc0 [ 8278.008934] ? __pfx_tick_sched_timer+0x10/0x10 [ 8278.008945] ? lapic_next_deadline+0x2c/0x50 [ 8278.008951] ? clockevents_program_event+0xb2/0x140 [ 8278.008959] run_timer_softirq+0x2a/0x60 [ 8278.008966] __do_softirq+0xda/0x330 [ 8278.008972] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x12b/0x250 [ 8278.008982] __irq_exit_rcu+0xa2/0xd0 [ 8278.008988] irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20 [ 8278.008994] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x43/0xb0 [ 8278.009001] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1b/0x20 [ 8278.009008] RIP: 0033:0x55be202d9e83 [ 8278.009014] Code: 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 dd 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 0c 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 59 d0 <49> 03 de f6 43 1b 01 74 05 e9 2f 30 bb 1f 55 48 89 e5 56 57 50 48 [ 8278.009019] RSP: 002b:00007ffd8e384078 EFLAGS: 00000206 [ 8278.009024] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000004c3e909 RCX: 000055be202d9e80 [ 8278.009028] RDX: 00003636000023e1 RSI: 00003636006a2ca1 RDI: 000036360069c629 [ 8278.009032] RBP: 00007ffd8e3840d0 R08: 000036360069c629 R09: 00003636001c4841 [ 8278.009035] R10: 00001698003f3209 R11: 0000000000000011 R12: 000036360000400d [ 8278.009039] R13: 0000169800550000 R14: 0000363600000000 R15: 0000000000000006 [ 8278.009047] [ 8278.009050] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 8278.038321] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_chipcmd_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8278.039685] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.041049] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.042416] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.043805] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.045244] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.046613] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8278.070550] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8278.093905] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8278.117905] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8388.884453] net_ratelimit: 9 callbacks suppressed [ 8388.884460] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_chipcmd_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8388.886144] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.887504] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.888934] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.890386] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.891839] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.893406] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_ephyar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 10). [ 8388.920620] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8388.949110] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). [ 8388.973078] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: rtl_eriar_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100).