System reboot or panic and console shows "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018"

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Issue

  • System rebooted
  • System panicked
  • At the time of the panic, the console shows the following message
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Currently observed, but not limited to the following kernel versions:
    • 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7
    • 3.10.0-327.36.2.el7
  • Observed on both physical and virtual systems
  • Also observed without 3rd party kernel modules

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