diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
index e2c7df1c..7e57f57b 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
@@ -516,15 +516,28 @@ class EventHandler(object):
         selentry = bytearray(origselentry)
         event = {}
         event['record_id'] = struct.unpack_from('<H', origselentry[:2])[0]
-        if selentry[2] == 2 or (0xc0 <= selentry[2] <= 0xdf):
+        if selentry[2] < 0xe0 and len(selentry) >= 7:
             # Either standard, or at least the timestamp is standard
             event['timecode'] = struct.unpack_from('<I', buffer(selentry[3:7])
                                                    )[0]
-        if selentry[2] == 2:  # ipmi defined standard format
-            self._decode_standard_event(selentry[7:], event)
+        if selentry[2] < 0xc0:  # ipmi defined standard format
+            try:
+                self._decode_standard_event(selentry[7:], event)
+            except Exception:
+                for key in list(event):
+                    if key not in ('record_id', 'timecode'):
+                        del event[key]
+                    event['oemdata'] = selentry[3:]
         elif 0xc0 <= selentry[2] <= 0xdf:
             event['oemid'] = selentry[7:10]
             event['oemdata'] = selentry[10:]
+        elif selentry[2] == 0xf0:
+            # Linux kernel panic
+            event['event'] = 'Linux kernel panic: {0}'.format(
+                selentry[5:16].partition(b'\x00')[0].decode(
+                    'utf-8', 'replace'))
+            event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Critical
+            return event
         elif selentry[2] >= 0xe0:
             # In this class of OEM message, all bytes are OEM, interpretation
             # is wholly left up to the OEM layer, using the OEM ID of the BMC
diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
index 007fdb3e..16a04cef 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ class OEMHandler(object):
         to apply some transform to some field to suit their conventions.
         """
         event['oem_handler'] = None
-        evdata = event['event_data_bytes']
+        evdata = event.get('event_data_bytes')
+        if not evdata:
+            return
         if evdata[0] & 0b11000000 == 0b10000000:
             event['oem_byte2'] = evdata[1]
         if evdata[0] & 0b110000 == 0b100000: