RHEL9.3: kernel panic at native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath in __refresh_tcon of refresh_cache_worker

Issue

• Kernel panic with logs:

[127311.240625] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffff8f82d198
[127311.242451] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[127311.244064] #PF: error_code(0x0003) - permissions violation
[127311.245391] PGD 2586615067 P4D 2586615067 PUD 2586616063 PMD 80000025860000e1
[127311.246516] Oops: 0003 1 PREEMPT SMP PTI
[127311.247678] CPU: 33 PID: 1860596 Comm: kworker/u80:3 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-362.14.1.el9_3.x86_64 #1
[127311.248866] Hardware name: HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9/ProLiant DL380 Gen9, BIOS P89 07/18/2022
[127311.250082] Workqueue: cifs-dfscache refresh_cache_worker [cifs]
[127311.251775] RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x26d/0x2b0
[127311.253003] Code: fe ff ff c6 45 01 00 e9 67 fe ff ff c1 ea 12 83 e0 03 83 ea 01 48 c1 e0 05 48 63 d2 48 05 40 29 03 00 48 03 04 d5 00 7b 7e 8f <48> 89 18 8b 43 08 85 c0 75 09 f3 90 8b 43 08 85 c0 74 f7 48 8b 13
[127311.255609] RSP: 0000:ffffa8d602677d70 EFLAGS: 00010282
[127311.256928] RAX: ffffffff8f82d198 RBX: ffff9d917fb72940 RCX: 0000000000880000
[127311.258265] RDX: 0000000000002409 RSI: 0000000090295000 RDI: ffff9d3412c22158
[127311.259634] RBP: ffff9d3412c22158 R08: ffffa8d602677dd0 R09: ffffa8d602677dd0
[127311.261018] R10: ffff9d52a9870fe0 R11: ffffa8d602677d24 R12: 0000000000000000
[127311.262425] R13: 0000000000000021 R14: ffff9ce04281e901 R15: ffff9ce883a0c000
[127311.263795] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9d917fb40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[127311.265164] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[127311.266534] CR2: ffffffff8f82d198 CR3: 0000006188d08001 CR4: 00000000001706e0
[127311.267915] Call Trace:
[127311.269261] <TASK>
[127311.270612] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[127311.271986] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[127311.273341] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x25/0x30
[127311.274678] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd
[127311.276015] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170
[127311.277366] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110
[127311.278709] ? exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150
[127311.280044] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[127311.281402] ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x26d/0x2b0
[127311.283306] _raw_spin_lock+0x25/0x30
[127311.284941] __refresh_tcon.isra.0+0x2db/0x720 [cifs]
[127311.286612] refresh_cache_worker+0x202/0x290 [cifs]
[127311.288298] process_one_work+0x1e5/0x3b0
[127311.289661] worker_thread+0x50/0x3a0
[127311.291026] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[127311.292401] kthread+0xe0/0x100
[127311.293752] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[127311.295104] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
[127311.296467] </TASK>
[127311.297792] Modules linked in: xt_REDIRECT ip_vs_rr xt_ipvs ip_vs vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel xt_policy xt_mark xt_bpf xt_nat veth xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nft_counter xt_addrtype nft_compat br_netfilter bridge stp llc rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 nfsv3 nfs fscache nls_utf8 netfs cifs rpcrdma cifs_arc4 rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core cifs_md4 dns_resolver binfmt_misc tls overlay nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 rfkill ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink ext4 mbcache jbd2 vfat fat squashfs loop intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sb_edac x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel ipmi_ssif kvm iTCO_wdt irqbypass iTCO_vendor_support rapl intel_cstate intel_uncore pcspkr acpi_ipmi i2c_i801 ipmi_si i2c_smbus lpc_ich ioatdma hpilo ipmi_devintf dca ipmi_msghandler acpi_tad acpi_power_meter nfsd nfs_acl lockd auth_rpcgss grace sunrpc
[127311.297930] xfs sr_mod cdrom mgag200 drm_kms_helper sd_mod syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt i2c_algo_bit drm_shmem_helper sg ahci crct10dif_pclmul libahci drm crc32_pclmul bnx2x libata hpsa ghash_clmulni_intel tg3 nvme hpwdt nvme_core scsi_transport_sas wmi nvme_common mdio libcrc32c t10_pi crc32c_intel dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
[127311.328290] CR2: ffffffff8f82d198