Kernel panic in the __kmalloc() due to the third party kernel module [strmfs_mod]

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel panics with the following messages:
46342.610028] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff88069058d5a0
[46342.610103] PGD 0 P4D 0 
[46342.610134] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[46342.610171] CPU: 3 PID: 1951 Comm: sctp_ipv4 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 #1
[46342.610274] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/ProLiant DL380 Gen10, BIOS U30 07/20/2023
[46342.610347] RIP: 0010:__kmalloc+0xac/0x250
[46342.610396] Code: 7e 49 8b 50 08 49 8b 00 49 83 78 10 00 48 89 04 24 0f 84 7a 01 00 00 48 85 c0 0f 84 71 01 00 00 8b 4d 20 48 8b 7d 00 48 01 c1 <48> 8b 19 48 89 ce 48 33 9d 90 01 00 00 48 8d 4a 01 48 0f ce 48 31
[--]
[46342.611118] Call Trace:
[46342.611133]  kmem_alloc+0x22/0x40 [strmfs_mod]
[46342.611243]  esballoc+0x3a/0xd0 [strmfs_mod]
[46342.611309]  sctp_ip_handler+0x361/0x470 [strmfs_mod]
[46342.611384]  ? sctp_report_socket_error+0x30/0x30 [strmfs_mod]
[46342.611459]  ? sctp_create_socket+0x240/0x240 [strmfs_mod]
[46342.611532]  kthread+0x134/0x150
[46342.611548]  ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50
[46342.611566]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
[46342.611583] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc bonding tls falcon_lsm_serviceable(PE) falcon_nf_netcontain(PE) falcon_kal(E) falcon_lsm_pinned_15705(E) ulcm_kmem(POE) strmfs_mod(OE) [--]
[46342.611884] CR2: ffff88069058d5a0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Third-Party strmfs_mod kernel module

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