System panics with "Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine halted."

Issue

• The kernel crashed due to the double fault exception.
• Server Rebooted Automatically with a kernel panic and the following call traces:

[1030164.050438] PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0
[1030164.050441] CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64 #1
[1030164.050442] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 12/24/2020
[1030164.050443] RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt+0xe/0x20
[1030164.050444] Code: 00 f0 80 48 02 20 48 8b 00 a8 08 75 c0 e9 79 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 e9 07 00 00 00 0f 00 2d e6 96 41 00 fb f4 <e9> fd 09 21 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 e9 07 00 00
[1030164.050444] RSP: 0018:ffffb97a062efe30 EFLAGS: 00000246
[1030164.050445] RAX: 0000000080004000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000020
[1030164.050446] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff846c41c0 RDI: ffff926787515c64
[1030164.050446] RBP: ffff926787515c64 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff926787515c00
[1030164.050446] R10: 000000000000000f R11: ffff92767dee9c04 R12: 0000000000000001
[1030164.050447] R13: ffffffff846c41c0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
[1030164.050447] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff92767dec0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[1030164.050448] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[1030164.050448] CR2: fffffe000009a010 CR3: 00000007ef046000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0
[1030164.050448] Call Trace:
[1030164.050449]  acpi_idle_do_entry+0x4a/0x60
[1030164.050449]  acpi_idle_enter+0x5a/0xd0
[1030164.050449]  cpuidle_enter_state+0x86/0x3d0
[1030164.050450]  cpuidle_enter+0x2c/0x40
[1030164.050450]  do_idle+0x268/0x2d0
[1030164.050450]  cpu_startup_entry+0x6f/0x80
[1030164.050451]  start_secondary+0x18c/0x1d0
[1030164.050451]  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xc2/0xcb
[1030164.050451] Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine halted.
[1030164.050452] CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64 #1
[1030164.050452] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 12/24/2020
[1030164.050453] Call Trace:
[1030164.050453]  <#DF>
[1030164.050453]  dump_stack+0x41/0x60
[1030164.050454]  panic+0xe7/0x2ac
[1030164.050454]  df_debug+0x29/0x36
[1030164.050454]  do_double_fault+0xe8/0x180
[1030164.050455]  double_fault+0x1e/0x30
[1030164.050455] RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt+0xe/0x20
[1030164.050455] Code: 00 f0 80 48 02 20 48 8b 00 a8 08 75 c0 e9 79 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 e9 07 00 00 00 0f 00 2d e6 96 41 00 fb f4 <e9> fd 09 21 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 e9 07 00 00
[1030164.050456] RSP: 0018:ffffb97a062efe30 EFLAGS: 00000246
[1030164.050457] RAX: 0000000080004000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000020
[1030164.050457] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff846c41c0 RDI: ffff926787515c64
[1030164.050458] RBP: ffff926787515c64 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff926787515c00
[1030164.050458] R10: 000000000000000f R11: ffff92767dee9c04 R12: 0000000000000001
[1030164.050458] R13: ffffffff846c41c0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
[1030164.050459]  </#DF>
[1030164.050459]  acpi_idle_do_entry+0x4a/0x60
[1030164.050459]  acpi_idle_enter+0x5a/0xd0
[1030164.050460]  cpuidle_enter_state+0x86/0x3d0
[1030164.050460]  cpuidle_enter+0x2c/0x40
[1030164.050460]  do_idle+0x268/0x2d0
[1030164.050460]  cpu_startup_entry+0x6f/0x80
[1030164.050461]  start_secondary+0x18c/0x1d0
[1030164.050461]  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xc2/0xcb