RHEL 8 server crashed due to [secfs2] " kernel: [proc_search] ERROR: pid[xx] with non-existing task found"

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Issue

  • Kernel crashed due to secfs2 error :
Apr  5 07:55:32 xx kernel: [proc_search] ERROR: pid[xx] with non-existing task found
  • As per BackTrace:
[229004.115303] Call Trace:
[229004.116093]  kobj_kset_leave+0x1b/0x70
[229004.116895]  kobject_del+0x3c/0x60
[229004.117685]  sysfs_delete_proc+0x15/0x20 [secfs2]
[229004.118500]  _proc_move+0xf2/0x140 [secfs2]
[229004.119279]  proc_search+0xa2/0x120 [secfs2]
[229004.120037]  proc_find+0x37/0x1b0 [secfs2]
[229004.120803]  ? lsys_malloc+0x1f/0x70 [secfs2]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7
    • Kernel version 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7.x86_64
    • Third party module [secfs2]

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