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Firefox web content crashing our computers

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Reading the crash dumps when our systems crash, keeps showing this same result. Firefox's "web content" is crashing our systems.

dennis@sitaw1:/var/crash/202503151007$ sudo crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.8.0-54-generic dump.202503151007

crash 8.0.4 Copyright (C) 2002-2022 Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 Fujitsu Limited Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Copyright (C) 2005, 2011, 2020-2022 NEC Corporation Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Copyright (C) 2015, 2021 VMware, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions. This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for details.

GNU gdb (GDB) 10.2 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: 

   <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.

For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...

crash: inconsistent active task indications for CPU 5: 

          runqueue: ffff998d6a790000 "Web Content" (default)
      current_task: ffff998b317728c0 "conky" 

     KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.8.0-54-generic  [TAINTED]
   DUMPFILE: dump.202503151007  [PARTIAL DUMP]
       CPUS: 6
       DATE: Sat Mar 15 10:07:07 EDT 2025
     UPTIME: 04:53:51

LOAD AVERAGE: 1.30, 1.16, 0.93 

      TASKS: 908
   NODENAME: sitaw1
    RELEASE: 6.8.0-54-generic
    VERSION: #56-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Feb  8 00:37:57 UTC 2025
    MACHINE: x86_64  (3292 Mhz)
     MEMORY: 32 GB
      PANIC: ""
        PID: 3337486
    COMMAND: "conky"
       TASK: ffff998b2a1ad180  [THREAD_INFO: ffff998b2a1ad180]
        CPU: 4
      STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC)

crash>

Reading the crash dumps when our systems crash, keeps showing this same result. Firefox's "web content" is crashing our systems. dennis@sitaw1:/var/crash/202503151007$ sudo crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.8.0-54-generic dump.202503151007 crash 8.0.4 Copyright (C) 2002-2022 Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 Fujitsu Limited Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Copyright (C) 2005, 2011, 2020-2022 NEC Corporation Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Copyright (C) 2015, 2021 VMware, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions. This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for details. GNU gdb (GDB) 10.2 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... crash: inconsistent active task indications for CPU 5: runqueue: ffff998d6a790000 "Web Content" (default) current_task: ffff998b317728c0 "conky" KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.8.0-54-generic [TAINTED] DUMPFILE: dump.202503151007 [PARTIAL DUMP] CPUS: 6 DATE: Sat Mar 15 10:07:07 EDT 2025 UPTIME: 04:53:51 LOAD AVERAGE: 1.30, 1.16, 0.93 TASKS: 908 NODENAME: sitaw1 RELEASE: 6.8.0-54-generic VERSION: #56-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Feb 8 00:37:57 UTC 2025 MACHINE: x86_64 (3292 Mhz) MEMORY: 32 GB PANIC: "" PID: 3337486 COMMAND: "conky" TASK: ffff998b2a1ad180 [THREAD_INFO: ffff998b2a1ad180] CPU: 4 STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC) crash>

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