crash in NFSv4 automount code

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Every time a user logs in, there's a kernel panic.
  • The home directory layout is NFSv4 with each user's dir bind mounted from a separate export.
  • RHEL 6.1 and 6.2 work fine.
  • RHEL 6.3 does not crash, however ssh rsa logins fail until the user (as root) cats a file (seemingly any file) from their home directory, after which ssh rsa logins succeed.
  • An strace sshd shows the open() of the users authorized_keys file failing with EACCES in the first case, and succeeding in the second.
  • RHEL 6.4 operates identically to 6.3, except that instead of EACCES you get a panic.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4
  • kernel 2.6.32-358

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