RHEL7: System Panic in xfs_dir_inode_operations or ext4_dir_inode_operations due to third party module navencryptfs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The server faced a kernel panic with RIP :
xfs_dir_inode_operations+0x0/0xffffffffffff8580 [xfs]
  • Another pattern of kernel panic:
[exception RIP: ext4_dir_inode_operations

Environment

  • Kernel-3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-3.10.0-957.27.2.el7
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7
  • kernel-3.10.0-1160.88.1.el7
  • Cloudera navencryptfs 3rd party module
    • Seen on v3.15.0-413, v3.14.0-405, v3.13.0-392

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