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