Kernel panic with "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The system kernel panics and logs the message:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81131a08>]  [<ffffffff81131a08>] vma_prio_tree_next+0x38/0x70
<more panic data here>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - All architectures
  • Kernel revision prior to kernel-2.6.32-315

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