RHEL7.5: NULL pointer dereference on SMB2_tcon() in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • NULL pointer dereference on SMB2_tcon() in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  • Server panics with a panic message BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000c

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
    • Observed on Kernel 3.10.0-862.el7 and above but before 3.10.0-862.12.1.el7
  • CIFS

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