I am running kernel 4.1.15, sometimes in /var/log/messages i am getting series of ^@ characters. Normally the content is ok in /var/log/messages it is just for once for few seconds i got these junk characters. Any idea why?
I have a small server which I use for testing and programming. Currently it runs Debian 9.4 stretch with 4.14.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 kernel.  Today I tried to connect through SSH but I couldn't then I tried to ping it and it was unreachable. Therefore I had to hard-restart it by unplugging power cable. Then I went to  /var/log/syslog  and I found a strange line containing exactly 6140 characters like the following  ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@  then nothing else until new log entries of system restart. This is actually the first time it happens.  Does someone know what could it be?
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