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NS crash with only 0004013000008002.ips present on original-region (North America) New 3DS XL #1

Description

@Saggybeans

Summary:
NetPass causes a reproducible Arm11 data abort on my New 3DS XL when the generated NS patch 0004013000008002.ips is present. The crash happens when opening top-bar shell/app functions like Friends, Messages, and Miiverse. If I remove only 0004013000008002.ips, the crash stops.

Console / environment:

  • Console: New Nintendo 3DS XL
  • Region: original region, never region-changed
  • boot9strap installed
  • Latest Luma3DS
  • Latest official 3DS firmware
  • Latest NetPass version
  • Pretendo/Nimbus installed and updated

Problem:
After installing NetPass patches, the system crashes only when I open top-bar items such as:

  • Friends
  • Messages
  • Miiverse

The system does not seem to randomly crash during normal idle HOME Menu use.

If I delete only this file:

  • sd:/luma/sysmodules/0004013000008002.ips

then the crash no longer happens.

Crash details:

  • Processor: Arm11 (core 1)
  • Exception type: data abort
  • Fault status: Translation - Section
  • Current process: ns (0004013000008002)
  • Access type: Read
  • FAR: 00000116

What I tested:

  1. Verified everything is up to date
  • latest Luma 13.3.3
  • latest system firmware 11.17.0-50U
  • latest boot9strap 1.4
  • latest NetPass 2.0.0
  • latest Pretendo/Nimbus 2.1.0
  1. Used NetPass’s proper patch removal/reinstall flow
  • removed patches through NetPass
  • rebooted
  • reapplied patches
  • same crash
  1. Tested with Pretendo integration OFF in NetPass
  • crash still happens
  1. Tested with Nimbus switched to Nintendo mode instead of Pretendo
  • crash still happens
  1. Fresh sysmodules test
  • renamed sd:/luma/sysmodules to backup
  • created a fresh new sd:/luma/sysmodules
  • installed only NetPass patches
  • NetPass generated:
    • 0004013000002602.ips
    • 0004013000002F02.ips
    • 0004013000003402.ips
    • 0004013000008002.ips
  • crash still happens
  1. 8002-only isolation test
  • removed all other NetPass IPS files
  • left only 0004013000008002.ips
  • crash still happens

This is the key repro:
0004013000008002.ips alone is sufficient to trigger the crash.

  1. Disabled Luma game patching
  • left external FIRMs/sysmodules enabled so 8002.ips would still load
  • crash still happens
  1. Renamed/removed other Luma patch locations
  • renamed sd:/luma/titles
  • renamed sd:/luma/plugins
  • crash still happens
  1. Theme / HOME Menu tests
  • switched to default stock theme
  • crash still happens
  • renamed USA theme extdata 000002cd to 000002cd_backup
  • crash still happens
  • renamed USA HOME Menu extdata 0000008f to 0000008f_backup
  • crash still happens
  1. New 3DS CPU / L2 / core2 tests
  • tested with normal clock
  • tested with L2 disabled
  • tested with core2 redirect off
  • crash still happens
  1. SD card confidence
  • high-quality SanDisk Extreme 128GB
  • FAT32, proper cluster size
  • behavior is extremely specific to 0004013000008002.ips

Expected behavior:
NetPass patches should not cause an ns crash when opening Friends / Messages / Miiverse / other top-bar functions.

Actual behavior:
With 0004013000008002.ips present, opening those functions causes an Arm11 data abort in ns.
With that file removed, the crash stops.

What seems ruled out:

  • old title patches
  • game patching / LayeredFS
  • Luma plugins
  • theme selection
  • theme extdata
  • HOME Menu extra data
  • Pretendo integration
  • Nintendo vs Pretendo mode
  • New 3DS clock/L2/core2 settings
  • leftover sysmodules

Current workaround:
Remove 0004013000008002.ips. The other NetPass patches can remain.

Question / suspected cause:
This looks like either:

  1. a bug or edge case in the generated NS patch 0004013000008002.ips, or
  2. a console-specific system-state issue that the NS patch triggers

If helpful, I can provide:

  • crash screen photo
  • screenshots of the generated sysmodule files
  • file size / hash of my 0004013000008002.ips

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