[RHEL 7.9.z] panic in dm_request_based(0 due to memory corruption by 3rd party "mfe_fileaccess" module

Issue

System crashes with console messages:

[532517.790225] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000440
[532517.792952] IP: [<ffffffffc026b62d>] dm_request_based+0xd/0x20 [dm_mod]
[532517.793793] PGD 800000068aa65067 PUD 899c92067 PMD 0 
[532517.794586] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[532517.795289] Modules linked in: tcp_diag inet_diag unix_diag seos_1410_0_1707(POE) nf_conntrack_netlink ip6table_mangle ip6table_raw iptable_raw iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle xt_NFLOG nfnetlink_log xt_hl xt_multiport xt_set xt_conntrack ip_set_hash_netport ip_set_hash_net ip_set nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables xt_LOG nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack iptable_filter vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock xfs libcrc32c iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel ppdev vmw_balloon aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd joydev pcspkr sg vmw_vmci parport_pc parport auth_rpcgss sunrpc binfmt_misc fuse ip_tables ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi vmwgfx drm_kms_helper sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic
[532517.799012]  syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm ata_piix drm nfit libata crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common crc32c_intel libnvdimm serio_raw vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi drm_panel_orientation_quirks dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: mfe_fileaccess_100709134]
[532517.800499] CPU: 8 PID: 92 Comm: kswapd1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE  ------------ T 3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[532517.801405] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[532517.802182] task: ffff93f4a5380000 ti: ffff93f4a5388000 task.ti: ffff93f4a5388000
[532517.802976] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc026b62d>]  [<ffffffffc026b62d>] dm_request_based+0xd/0x20 [dm_mod]
[532517.804050] RSP: 0018:ffff93f4a538b9c8  EFLAGS: 00010246
[532517.804851] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff93efaff15000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[532517.805608] RDX: ffffffffc025c760 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffff93efaff15000
[532517.806436] RBP: ffff93f4a538b9c8 R08: ffff93f49e638dd8 R09: 0000000000000000
[532517.807199] R10: 0000000000000230 R11: ffff93f777ab5f08 R12: ffffda8decea37a0
[532517.808013] R13: ffff93f4a538bba8 R14: ffffda8decea3780 R15: 0000000000000001
[532517.808817] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93fa7fc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[532517.809673] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[532517.810446] CR2: 0000000000000440 CR3: 00000009d702e000 CR4: 00000000003607e0
[532517.811405] Call Trace:
[532517.812216]  [<ffffffffc025c790>] dm_any_congested+0x30/0x70 [dm_mod]
[532517.813327]  [<ffffffffb37d3071>] shrink_page_list+0x251/0xc30
[532517.814114]  [<ffffffffb37d4066>] shrink_inactive_list+0x1b6/0x5c0
[532517.814883]  [<ffffffffb37d4b45>] shrink_lruvec+0x375/0x730
[532517.815704]  [<ffffffffb37d4f76>] shrink_zone+0x76/0x1a0
[532517.816463]  [<ffffffffb37d6183>] balance_pgdat+0x383/0x5e0
[532517.817197]  [<ffffffffb37d6553>] kswapd+0x173/0x430
[532517.817959]  [<ffffffffb36c6f50>] ? wake_up_atomic_t+0x30/0x30
[532517.818704]  [<ffffffffb37d63e0>] ? balance_pgdat+0x5e0/0x5e0
[532517.819466]  [<ffffffffb36c5e61>] kthread+0xd1/0xe0
[532517.820626]  [<ffffffffb36c5d90>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[532517.821794]  [<ffffffffb3d95ddd>] ret_from_fork_nospec_begin+0x7/0x21
[532517.822881]  [<ffffffffb36c5d90>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[532517.823943] Code: 44 00 00 55 0f b6 05 73 6d 00 00 48 89 e5 5d c3 0f 1f 40 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 8b 47 70 48 89 e5 <48> 8b 80 40 04 00 00 5d 48 c1 e8 0b 83 e0 01 c3 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 
[532517.826283] RIP  [<ffffffffc026b62d>] dm_request_based+0xd/0x20 [dm_mod]
[532517.827335]  RSP <ffff93f4a538b9c8>
[532517.828420] CR2: 0000000000000440