Kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference in sysfs_do_create_link_sd() while loading the [ipmi_si] module

Issue

• Kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference at sysfs_do_create_link_sd.isra.2+0x34 while loading the [ipmi_si] module.

[ 3669.296061] IPMI System Interface driver.
[ 3669.296066] ipmi_hardcode: probing via hardcoded address
[ 3669.296068] ipmi_si: Adding hardcoded-specified kcs state machine
[ 3669.296071] ipmi_si: Trying hardcoded-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
[ 3669.346795] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030
[ 3669.354613] IP: [<ffffffff964ccb94>] sysfs_do_create_link_sd.isra.2+0x34/0xc0
[ 3669.361731] PGD 41d109067 PUD 41a7f9067 PMD 0 
[ 3669.366176] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[ 3669.369400] Modules linked in: ipmi_si(+) ip6t_rpfilter ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 xt_conntrack 8021q garp mrp ip_set nfnetlink ebtable_nat ebtable_broute bridge stp llc ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_mangle ip6table_security ip6table_raw iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_security iptable_raw ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ngrstio(POE) ipmi_watchdog amd64_edac_mod edac_mce_amd kvm_amd kvm irqbypass sg pcspkr k10temp i2c_piix4 ipmi_poweroff ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler i2c_dev ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_common mptsas scsi_transport_sas mptscsih mptbase serio_raw ata_generic e1000e pata_acpi sata_svw
[ 3669.440484]  pata_serverworks ptp libata pps_core dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod
[ 3669.447459] CPU: 7 PID: 23286 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Tainted: POE  ------------  3.10.0-957.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[ 3669.458980] Hardware name: ALCATEL-LUCENT MOLENE/MOLENE, BIOS 080015  12/31/2007
[ 3669.466344] task: ffff8b155de1e180 ti: ffff8b1356604000 task.ti: ffff8b1356604000
[ 3669.473796] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff964ccb94>]  [<ffffffff964ccb94>] sysfs_do_create_link_sd.isra.2+0x34/0xc0
[ 3669.483333] RSP: 0018:ffff8b1356607b38  EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 3669.488622] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000030 RCX: 0000000000000001
[ 3669.495727] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000030 RDI: ffffffff97424578
[ 3669.502831] RBP: ffff8b1356607b60 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 3669.510110] R10: ffff8b1567d9f380 R11: ffffddbb5077b400 R12: ffffffff96cc153b
[ 3669.517215] R13: ffff8b15586675a0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 3669.524321] FS:  00007fc37f365740(0000) GS:ffff8b1567d80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3669.532378] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 3669.538098] CR2: 0000000000000030 CR3: 000000041de5a000 CR4: 00000000000007e0
[ 3669.545204] Call Trace:
[ 3669.547640]  [<ffffffff964ccc45>] sysfs_create_link+0x25/0x50
[ 3669.553363]  [<ffffffff966a8572>] driver_sysfs_add+0x82/0xb0
[ 3669.558999]  [<ffffffff966a8b76>] device_bind_driver+0x16/0x30
[ 3669.564809]  [<ffffffff96966e92>] ? mutex_lock+0x12/0x2f
[ 3669.570096]  [<ffffffff966a8bf0>] device_attach+0x60/0xb0
[ 3669.575672]  [<ffffffff966a7e48>] bus_probe_device+0x98/0xd0
[ 3669.581305]  [<ffffffff966a56ef>] device_add+0x4ef/0x7b0
[ 3669.586596]  [<ffffffff966aac51>] platform_device_add+0xd1/0x2d0
[ 3669.592582]  [<ffffffffc07275a3>] try_smi_init+0x693/0xb80 [ipmi_si]
[ 3669.598912]  [<ffffffffc0728f90>] ? cleanup_ipmi_si+0x90/0x90 [ipmi_si]
[ 3669.605501]  [<ffffffffc07290b5>] init_ipmi_si+0x125/0x1d0 [ipmi_si]
[ 3669.611831]  [<ffffffff9620210a>] do_one_initcall+0xba/0x240
[ 3669.617466]  [<ffffffff963190ac>] load_module+0x272c/0x2bc0
[ 3669.623014]  [<ffffffff965a3700>] ? ddebug_proc_write+0x100/0x100
[ 3669.629082]  [<ffffffff9631962f>] SyS_init_module+0xef/0x140
[ 3669.634904]  [<ffffffff96975ddb>] system_call_fastpath+0x22/0x27
[ 3669.640886]  [<ffffffff96975d21>] ? system_call_after_swapgs+0xae/0x146
[ 3669.647472] Code: 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 d4 53 74 7d 48 85 ff 49 89 fd 74 75 48 89 f3 48 c7 c7 78 45 42 97 41 89 ce e8 cc e8 49 00 <48> 8b 1b 48 85 db 74 08 48 89 df e8 dc c1 ff ff 48 c7 c7 78 45 
[ 3669.666762] RIP  [<ffffffff964ccb94>] sysfs_do_create_link_sd.isra.2+0x34/0xc0
[ 3669.673962]  RSP <ffff8b1356607b38>
[ 3669.677432] CR2: 0000000000000030