The newest Macs Airs are apparently suffering from this (or a similar) bug too - it's something to do with a Chrome graphics leak and the Intel drivers. (If this is related, which it sounds like it might be.)
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/google_chrome_crashes_on_macbook_air_pushes_update/
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On 30 Jun 2012, at 12:57, "Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else noticed that Google Chrome (release) can cause a kernel oops
> and pretty much bring a box down?
>
> My dad's box crashed on him this week and running Google Chrome now causes an
> oops and X grinds to a halt and eventually the box needs a cold restart. He
> has an Intel i915 graphics driver loaded when the oops happens.
>
> Iceweasel is perfectly okay.
>
> A quick Google suggests that the sandboxing may be an issue, but starting it
> with sandbox disabled prevents a crash but then Chrome just sits around doing
> nothing at all.
>
> I've told him to use Iceweasel until further notice. I'll keep an eye on the
> updated and see if one fixes it.
>
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> Overton, HANTS, UK
>
> When a Microsoft product is the lesser of two evils, you know for
> sure that there's something fishy going on.
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