Server crashed with Kernel BUG at kernel/timer.c:459 in RHEL 5

Issue

• The server crashed due to a kernel panic. The following could be seen in the dmesg log within the vmcore:

Kernel BUG at kernel/timer.c:459
invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /class/fc_remote_ports/rport-10:0-0/roles
CPU 122 
Modules linked in: tcp_diag inet_diag oracleacfs(PU) oracleadvm(PU) oracleoks(PU) nfs nfs_acl mptctl mptbase lockd sunrpc bonding ipv6 xfrm_nalgo crypto_api dm_round_robin dm_multipath scsi_dh video backlight sbs power_meter hwmon i2c_ec i2c_core dell_wmi wmi button battery asus_acpi acpi_memhotplug ac joydev parport_pc lp parport sr_mod st cdrom sg pcspkr shpchp netxen_nic ixgbe e1000e tpm_tis hpwdt(U) i7core_edac tpm hpilo 8021q edac_mc tpm_bios serio_raw dca dm_raid45 dm_message dm_region_hash dm_mem_cache dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_log dm_mod qla2xxx(U) scsi_transport_fc ata_piix libata cciss(U) ext3 jbd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd hpvsa(PU) sd_mod scsi_mod
Pid: 12367, comm: sqlplus Tainted: P     --------------------    2.6.18-371.el5 #1
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8009b18e>]  [<ffffffff8009b18e>] add_timer_on+0x32/0x96
RSP: 0018:ffff81216f2a9a88  EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: ffffffff804ae360 RBX: ffff8141c2fdc014 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff81e0b7dc9700 RSI: 000000000000007a RDI: ffff81e038278bb0
RBP: ffff81e038278bb0 R08: ffff81216f2a9b5c R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff81eb3a7df380 R11: 00000000000000c8 R12: ffff81efff698000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000000304f R15: 0000000055d0ba89
FS:  00002b7f3a8f0af0(0000) GS:ffff81efff669cc0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00002b7f37f90610 CR3: 000000c668f52000 CR4: 00000000000006a0
Process sqlplus (pid: 12367, threadinfo ffff81216f2a8000, task ffff81270a0077b0)
Stack:  ffff8141c2fdc014 ffff81c8fa8be2b0 ffff81e038278b40 0000000000000000
 000000000000304f ffffffff80248a53 ffffffff80250d84 ffff81e1608b6e80
 ffff81c8fa8be2b0 ffffffff80250d84 ffff81e7e16a7cc0 ffffffff80237177
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff80248a53>] trace_drop_common+0xf1/0xf9
 [<ffffffff80250d84>] netlink_destroy_callback+0x11/0x1a
 [<ffffffff80250d84>] netlink_destroy_callback+0x11/0x1a
 [<ffffffff80237177>] kfree_skb+0x4c/0x68
 [<ffffffff80250d84>] netlink_destroy_callback+0x11/0x1a
 [<ffffffff80250f0a>] netlink_dump+0x17d/0x195
 [<ffffffff8025213f>] netlink_recvmsg+0x16a/0x290
 [<ffffffff800308a5>] sock_recvmsg+0xfd/0x155
 [<ffffffff8000ba24>] touch_atime+0x67/0xaa
 [<ffffffff800a3f62>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
 [<ffffffff800555b0>] sock_sendmsg+0xf8/0x14a
 [<ffffffff8000ab68>] get_page_from_freelist+0x380/0x442
 [<ffffffff800a3f62>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
 [<ffffffff80232ceb>] __sys_recvmsg+0x139/0x1e8
 [<ffffffff8023343e>] sys_sendto+0x131/0x164
 [<ffffffff80232b97>] move_addr_to_user+0x5d/0x78
 [<ffffffff802330c2>] sys_getsockname+0x82/0xb2
 [<ffffffff8003d5fe>] sys_recvmsg+0x37/0x59
 [<ffffffff8005d29e>] tracesys+0xd5/0xdf