Kernel panic in function vxg_api_deinitlock() due to "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference "

Issue

• Kernel panic occurred at vxg_api_deinitlock() function due to 3rd party module [vxglm]
• Kernel panics with following messages:

[109825.409206] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000378
[109825.409451] PGD 0 P4D 0 
[109825.409489] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[109825.409530] CPU: 4 PID: 18951 Comm: vx_glmlist_thre Kdump: loaded Tainted: P        W  OE     -------- -  - 4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10.x86_64 #1
[109825.409660] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[109825.409774] RIP: 0010:vxg_api_deinitlock+0x4c/0x280 [vxglm]
[109825.409872] Code: 28 00 00 00 48 89 45 d0 31 c0 0f b6 47 5c 83 e8 61 48 98 48 8d 04 80 48 8b 1c c5 b8 96 9a c3 4c 8d 6b 58 65 8b 05 74 d3 6b 3c <48> 8b 93 78 03 00 00 48 98 48 c1 e0 07 48 01 c2 f0 ff 02 8b b3 8c
[109825.410061] RSP: 0018:ffffb9192a713da0 EFLAGS: 00010297
[109825.410115] RAX: 0000000000000004 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000001d001b
[109825.410190] RDX: ffff9f56c011e058 RSI: ffff9f5e4535dfc0 RDI: ffff9f620f7a2100
[109825.410265] RBP: ffffb9192a713de0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
[109825.410339] R10: ffff9f581cb12e38 R11: ffff9f5e45309700 R12: ffff9f620f7a2100
[109825.410414] R13: 0000000000000058 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: ffff9f5e45309790
[109825.410489] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f73fdf00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[109825.410573] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[109825.410632] CR2: 0000000000000378 CR3: 0000000e63c10004 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[109825.410722] PKRU: 55555554
[109825.410752] Call Trace:
[109825.410808]  ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60
[109825.410882]  ? no_context+0x1ba/0x3f0
[109825.410937]  ? vxg_free+0x19/0xa0 [vxglm]
[109825.410985]  ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x157/0x180
[109825.411036]  ? do_page_fault+0x37/0x12d
[109825.411078]  ? page_fault+0x1e/0x30
[109825.411143]  ? vxg_api_deinitlock+0x4c/0x280 [vxglm]
[109825.411200]  vx_glm_deinitlock+0x1f/0x40 [vxfs]
[109825.411602]  vx_hlock_putdata+0x8ad/0x1170 [vxfs]
[109825.411714]  vx_glm_cbfunc+0xb0/0x140 [vxfs]
[109825.411821]  vx_glmlist_thread+0x17d/0x1d0 [vxfs]
[109825.411932]  ? vx_glm_cbfunc+0x140/0x140 [vxfs]
[109825.412041]  ? vx_osdep_deinit+0x1b0/0x1b0 [vxfs]
[109825.412155]  vx_kthread_init+0x22/0x30 [vxfs]
[109825.412285]  kthread+0x134/0x150
[109825.412339]  ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50
[109825.412389]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
[109825.412441] Modules linked in: mptcp_diag xsk_diag vsock_diag raw_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag nfsd nfs_acl vxfen(POE) vxglm(POE) vxgms(POE) gab(POE) nfs_layout_nfsv41_files rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache dmpaa(POE) vxspec(POE) vxcafs(POE) vxportal(POE) fdd(POE) llt(POE) vxio(POE) vxdmp(POE) amf(POE) rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core vxfs(POE) veki(POE) storageapi(OE) traps(OE) nft_counter ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 sunrpc vsock_loopback vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common nft_compat nf_tables vmw_vsock_vmci_transport nfnetlink vsock intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common isst_if_mbox_msr isst_if_common nfit libnvdimm drm_ttm_helper crct10dif_pclmul ttm crc32_pclmul vmw_balloon ghash_clmulni_intel drm_kms_helper rapl syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt drm joydev pcspkr vmw_vmci i2c_piix4 binfmt_misc xfs dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio libcrc32c sr_mod cdrom ata_generic
[109825.412513]  sd_mod t10_pi sg crc32c_intel ata_piix libata serio_raw vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
[109825.413528] CR2: 0000000000000378