Kernel panic in "notify_connection_state()" function due to involvement of third party kernel module "drbd"

Issue

• Kernel panic occurred at notify_connection_state() function due to third party module drbd
• Kernel panic with following call traces :

[2072929.794085] drbd slppmq92 up16177: ack_receiver terminated
[2072929.794086] drbd slppmq92 up16177: Terminating ack_recv thread
[2072929.794175] drbd slppmq92 up16177: Terminating sender thread
[2072929.794205] drbd slppmq92 up16177: Starting sender thread (from drbd_r_slppmq92 [124319])
[2072929.795143] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010
[2072929.795171] IP: [<ffffffffc09a949a>] notify_connection_state+0x7a/0x200 [drbd]
[2072929.795229] PGD 80000006bf1ff067 PUD 6c0eda067 PMD 0 
[2072929.795246] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[2072929.795258] Modules linked in: dm_snapshot dm_bufio vsock_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag nfsv3 nfs_acl ext4 mbcache jbd2 microsoft_dependency_agent(POE) bluechannel(POE) nf_conntrack_netlink drbd_transport_tcp(OE) drbd(OE) unix_diag ip6table_mangle ip6table_nat nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_raw iptable_mangle xt_CT iptable_raw xt_NFLOG xt_set xt_multiport xt_conntrack iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat ip_set_hash_ip ip_set_hash_net ip_set nfnetlink_queue nfnetlink_log nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables xt_LOG nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack iptable_filter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock sunrpc sb_edac iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ppdev ghash_clmulni_intel
[2072929.795470]  vmw_balloon aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd joydev pcspkr sg vmw_vmci i2c_piix4 parport_pc parport binfmt_misc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi vmwgfx drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sd_mod sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ahci crc_t10dif ttm crct10dif_generic ata_piix libahci drm crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common libata crc32c_intel nfit serio_raw libnvdimm vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi drm_panel_orientation_quirks floppy dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
[2072929.795610] CPU: 3 PID: 126516 Comm: drbdsetup Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE  ------------   3.10.0-1160.88.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[2072929.795638] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 05/28/2020
[2072929.795663] task: ffff9d29205b6300 ti: ffff9d28c0140000 task.ti: ffff9d28c0140000
[2072929.795683] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc09a949a>]  [<ffffffffc09a949a>] notify_connection_state+0x7a/0x200 [drbd]
[2072929.795714] RSP: 0018:ffff9d28c0143a18  EFLAGS: 00010246
[2072929.795728] RAX: ffff9d2702239ed4 RBX: ffff9d293b3d0b00 RCX: 0000000000000000
[2072929.795746] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9d2702239edc
[2072929.795764] RBP: ffff9d28c0143a70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000004
[2072929.795782] R10: ffff9d2702239edc R11: 000000000000000c R12: 0000000000000000
[2072929.795800] R13: ffff9d2702239ed4 R14: 0000000000008000 R15: 0000000000000000
[2072929.795819] FS:  00007f197e8c3780(0000) GS:ffff9d2a3fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[2072929.795840] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[2072929.795854] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 00000007301ea000 CR4: 00000000001607e0
[2072929.795897] Call Trace:
[2072929.795918]  [<ffffffffc09af91a>] notify_connection_state_change+0x3a/0x60 [drbd]
[2072929.795945]  [<ffffffffc09ab9d1>] get_initial_state+0x131/0x260 [drbd]
[2072929.795965]  [<ffffffffc09abb51>] drbd_adm_get_initial_state+0x51/0x190 [drbd]
[2072929.795987]  [<ffffffff82cbb4b4>] netlink_dump+0xd4/0x2b0
[2072929.796002]  [<ffffffff82cbb8fd>] netlink_recvmsg+0x26d/0x4a0
[2072929.796020]  [<ffffffff82c5e655>] sock_recvmsg+0xc5/0x110
[2072929.796038]  [<ffffffff827cbbed>] ? filemap_fault+0x17d/0x420
[2072929.796058]  [<ffffffff82c5f803>] ___sys_recvmsg+0x133/0x2d0
[2072929.796075]  [<ffffffff82c60dd1>] __sys_recvmsg+0x51/0x90
[2072929.796090]  [<ffffffff82c60e22>] SyS_recvmsg+0x12/0x30
[2072929.796105]  [<ffffffff82dc539a>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a
[2072929.796841] Code: 48 c7 c1 40 56 9d c0 48 89 df e8 b2 54 31 c2 48 85 c0 49 89 c5 0f 84 6f 01 00 00 c7 00 ff ff ff ff c7 40 04 65 00 00 00 45 31 c0 <49> 8b 74 24 10 31 c9 4c 89 e2 48 89 df e8 54 2e ff ff 85 c0 0f 
[2072929.798314] RIP  [<ffffffffc09a949a>] notify_connection_state+0x7a/0x200 [drbd]
[2072929.799030]  RSP <ffff9d28c0143a18>
[2072929.799743] CR2: 0000000000000010