Server crashed due to third party module "vmhgfs"

Issue

• System getting crashed with the following messages observed in the kernel buffer logs :

VMware hgfs: failed to create request allocator
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010
IP: [<ffffffff81091e1d>] kthread_stop+0x1d/0xd0
PGD 111ee8067 PUD 103164067 PMD 0 
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:03:00.0/local_cpus
CPU 0 
Modules linked in: vmhgfs(+)(U) nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc autofs4 ipv6 ext4 jbd2 ppdev parport_pc parport e1000 vmware_balloon sg i2c_piix4 i2c_core shpchp ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom vmw_pvscsi pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: vmci]

Pid: 12266, comm: insmod Not tainted 2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81091e1d>]  [<ffffffff81091e1d>] kthread_stop+0x1d/0xd0
RSP: 0018:ffff88000de0dec8  EFLAGS: 00010246