RHEL 6: Kernel panic at free_thread_xstate+0xe

Issue

• Kernel panic with below log:

general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/online
CPU 8 
Modules linked in: tcp_diag inet_diag mptctl mptbase autofs4 nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc bonding ipv6 dm_multipath microcode ipmi_devintf iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support power_meter acpi_ipmi ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler serio_raw sb_edac edac_core i2c_i801 i2c_core lpc_ich mfd_core tg3 ptp pps_core hpilo hpwdt ioatdma dca sg ext4 jbd2 mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif xhci_hcd be2net hpsa wmi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]

Pid: 11149, comm: sandra_work23 Not tainted 2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64 #1 HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9/ProLiant DL380 Gen9
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81014e0e>]  [<ffffffff81014e0e>] free_thread_xstate+0xe/0x40
RSP: 0000:ffff884161483dd0  EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: ffff888027850340 RBX: ffff884dc702c001 RCX: ffffffffffffff88
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 000000000000000f RDI: 80ffff88802837e0
RBP: ffff884161483de0 R08: 0000000000000078 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff81abce80
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88802837e9d8 R15: ffff884161495e70
FS:  00007f68bf5fe700(0000) GS:ffff884161480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000006d5100 CR3: 0000007fe40b0000 CR4: 00000000001607e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process sandra_work23 (pid: 11149, threadinfo ffff884025408000, task ffff88401b4a7520)
Stack:
 0000000000000286 ffff884dc702c001 ffff884161483e00 ffffffff81014f79
<d> ffff88802837e9d8 ffff88802837e040 ffff884161483e20 ffffffff8107e0c4
<d> ffff884161483e20 ffff88802837e040 ffff884161483e40 ffffffff8107e173
Call Trace:
 <IRQ> 
 [<ffffffff81014f79>] free_thread_info+0x19/0x30
 [<ffffffff8107e0c4>] free_task+0x34/0x70
 [<ffffffff8107e173>] __put_task_struct+0x73/0xc0
 [<ffffffff81084534>] delayed_put_task_struct+0x44/0x80
 [<ffffffff810fe268>] __rcu_process_callbacks+0x138/0x350
 [<ffffffff810b7382>] ? ktime_get+0x72/0x100
 [<ffffffff810fe4ab>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x2b/0x50
 [<ffffffff810899aa>] __do_softirq+0xea/0x240
 [<ffffffff8156591c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff8100e535>] do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8108963d>] irq_exit+0x8d/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8156685e>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4e/0x60
 [<ffffffff81565193>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
 <EOI> 
Code: e8 28 53 17 00 48 89 05 f9 e0 e0 00 c9 c3 66 66 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 53 48 83 ec 08 0f 1f 44 00 00 <48> 8b b7 30 07 00 00 48 89 fb 48 85 f6 74 17 48 8b 3d c4 e0 e0 
RIP  [<ffffffff81014e0e>] free_thread_xstate+0xe/0x40
 RSP <ffff884161483dd0>