Kernel panic occurs: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request

Issue

• Kernel panic occurs with the following messages:

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa021288b
IP: [<ffffffffa021288b>] 0xffffffffa021288b
PGD 1a87067 PUD 1a8b063 PMD 2389cc067 PTE 0
Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /sys/module/ipv6/initstate
CPU 0 
Modules linked in: splxmod(U) bridge stp llc vsock(U) ipv6 ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack xt_iprange xt_multiport iptable_filter ip_tables ppdev parport_pc parport microcode vmware_balloon sg vmci(U) i2c_piix4 i2c_core shpchp ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: splxmod]

Pid: 13743, comm: RWD210 Not tainted 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa021288b>]  [<ffffffffa021288b>] 0xffffffffa021288b
RSP: 0018:ffff88023a1d3d08  EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffff88023a345000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88023a1d3f78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000402162
R13: ffff88023a1d3f28 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000124
FS:  00007f7f744b4700(0000) GS:ffff88002f600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: ffffffffa021288b CR3: 00000002397c1000 CR4: 00000000000407f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process RWD210 (pid: 13743, threadinfo ffff88023a1d2000, task ffff88023a7a6aa0)
Stack:
 ffff88023a1d3dc8 ffff88023a1d3de8 ffff880200000000 ffff880235dcecc8
<d> ffff880237593800 000035af3a7a6aa0 ffff88023a345000 000000000000400a
<d> ffff88023a7a6aa0 ffff880235dc92c0 ffff88023a7a6aa0 00007f7f73d2e400
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8114431a>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x23a/0x310
 [<ffffffff81277335>] ? _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x55/0x80
 [<ffffffff810d9aaf>] ? audit_putname+0x3f/0x50
 [<ffffffff8118eb15>] ? putname+0x45/0x50
 [<ffffffff811922df>] ? sys_mknodat+0x18f/0x2a0
 [<ffffffff8151311e>] ? do_page_fault+0x3e/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100b072>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code:  Bad RIP value.
RIP  [<ffffffffa021288b>] 0xffffffffa021288b
 RSP <ffff88023a1d3d08>
CR2: ffffffffa021288b

• Backtrace of the panic task:

crash> bt
PID: 13743  TASK: ffff88023a7a6aa0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "<task_name>"
 #0 [ffff88023a1d38f0] machine_kexec at ffffffff81035b7b
 #1 [ffff88023a1d3950] crash_kexec at ffffffff810c0db2
 #2 [ffff88023a1d3a20] oops_end at ffffffff815111d0
 #3 [ffff88023a1d3a50] no_context at ffffffff81046bfb
 #4 [ffff88023a1d3aa0] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff81046e85
 #5 [ffff88023a1d3af0] bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff81046f53
 #6 [ffff88023a1d3b00] __do_page_fault at ffffffff810476b1
 #7 [ffff88023a1d3c20] do_page_fault at ffffffff8151311e
 #8 [ffff88023a1d3c50] page_fault at ffffffff815104d5
    [exception RIP: unknown or invalid address]
    RIP: ffffffffa021288b  RSP: ffff88023a1d3d08  RFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: 0000000000000002  RBX: 0000000000000000  RCX: 0000000000000002
    RDX: 0000000000000010  RSI: ffff88023a345000  RDI: 0000000000000000
    RBP: ffff88023a1d3f78   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: 0000000000000000
    R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000000  R12: 0000000000402162
    R13: ffff88023a1d3f28  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: 0000000000000124
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 #9 [ffff88023a1d3d90] handle_mm_fault at ffffffff8114431a
#10 [ffff88023a1d3e10] _atomic_dec_and_lock at ffffffff81277335
#11 [ffff88023a1d3e60] audit_putname at ffffffff810d9aaf
#12 [ffff88023a1d3e70] putname at ffffffff8118eb15
#13 [ffff88023a1d3e80] sys_mknodat at ffffffff811922df
#14 [ffff88023a1d3f80] system_call_fastpath at ffffffff8100b072
    RIP: 00007f7f73dea400  RSP: 00007fff8f1ea788  RFLAGS: 00010206
    RAX: 0000000000000002  RBX: ffffffff8100b072  RCX: 00007f7f73dea025
    RDX: 0000000000000124  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000402162
    RBP: 00007fff8f1eac70   R8: fefefefefefefeff   R9: 0000000000000000
    R10: 00007fff8f1ea510  R11: 0000000000000246  R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: 0000000000000000  R14: 00007fff8f1ead50  R15: 0000000000400cc0
    ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002  CS: 0033  SS: 002b