RHEL7: kernel panic at __list_del_entry from smb2_reconnect_server

Issue

• Kernel panic with logs:

[1776376.706629] CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -127
[1776376.714900] Status code returned 0xc0000071 STATUS_PASSWORD_EXPIRED
[1776376.714907] CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -127
[1776377.575188] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000200000000000
[1776377.575365] IP: [<ffffffff88dbd37d>] __list_del_entry+0x2d/0xe0
[1776377.575482] PGD 0 
[1776377.575588] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[1776377.575697] Modules linked in: vsock_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag cmac arc4 md4 nls_utf8 cifs ccm rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache tcp_diag inet_diag ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter xt_REDIRECT nf_nat_redirect iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock sunrpc ext4 mbcache jbd2 iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ppdev ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw vmw_balloon gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd joydev pcspkr sg vmw_vmci parport_pc parport binfmt_misc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c ata_generic pata_acpi vmwgfx drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm sd_mod crc_t10dif drm crct10dif_generic nfit ata_piix libnvdimm libata crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common
[1776377.576890]  crc32c_intel serio_raw vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi drm_panel_orientation_quirks dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
[1776377.577203] CPU: 6 PID: 13278 Comm: kworker/6:6 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W      ------------ T 3.10.0-1160.102.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[1776377.577530] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020
[1776377.577887] Workqueue: cifsiod smb2_reconnect_server [cifs]
[1776377.578234] task: ffffa0b1848a3180 ti: ffffa0ac34da0000 task.ti: ffffa0ac34da0000
[1776377.578593] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88dbd37d>]  [<ffffffff88dbd37d>] __list_del_entry+0x2d/0xe0
[1776377.578983] RSP: 0018:ffffa0ac34da3d70  EFLAGS: 00010207
[1776377.579363] RAX: 0000200000000000 RBX: ffffa0b74b697800 RCX: dead000000000200
[1776377.579757] RDX: ffffd8a1dbc4de80 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffa0b74b697800
[1776377.580214] RBP: ffffa0ac34da3d70 R08: ffffa0ac2d5b8a00 R09: 0000000100200002
[1776377.580663] R10: 000000002d5b9601 R11: ffffa0ac2d5b8a00 R12: ffffd8a1f7946a00
[1776377.581086] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffffa0b63a2f2018 R15: ffffa0b74b697800
[1776377.581518] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0bcf7300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[1776377.581958] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[1776377.582405] CR2: 0000200000000000 CR3: 000000119af4a000 CR4: 0000000000760fe0
[1776377.582892] PKRU: 00000000
[1776377.583379] Call Trace:
[1776377.583855]  [<ffffffffc08c1eb8>] cifs_put_tcon.part.32+0x68/0x190 [cifs]
[1776377.584349]  [<ffffffffc08c1ffc>] cifs_put_tcon+0x1c/0x30 [cifs]
[1776377.584888]  [<ffffffffc08f465d>] smb2_reconnect_server+0x16d/0x2c0 [cifs]
[1776377.585385]  [<ffffffff88ac32ef>] process_one_work+0x17f/0x440
[1776377.585896]  [<ffffffff88ac4436>] worker_thread+0x126/0x3c0
[1776377.586401]  [<ffffffff88ac4310>] ? manage_workers.isra.26+0x2b0/0x2b0
[1776377.586913]  [<ffffffff88acb621>] kthread+0xd1/0xe0
[1776377.587441]  [<ffffffff88acb550>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[1776377.587987]  [<ffffffff891c51dd>] ret_from_fork_nospec_begin+0x7/0x21
[1776377.588516]  [<ffffffff88acb550>] ? insert_kthread_work+0x40/0x40
[1776377.589046] Code: 8b 17 48 b9 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 48 8b 47 08 48 89 e5 48 39 ca 74 31 48 b9 00 02 00 00 00 00 ad de 48 39 c8 0f 84 8a 00 00 00 <4c> 8b 00 4c 39 c7 75 5f 4c 8b 42 08 4c 39 c7 75 33 48 89 42 08 
[1776377.590234] RIP  [<ffffffff88dbd37d>] __list_del_entry+0x2d/0xe0
[1776377.590851]  RSP <ffffa0ac34da3d70>
[1776377.591448] CR2: 0000200000000000