Why do CIFS/NFS mounts fail after upgrading kernel to kernel-2.6.32-431?

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Issue

  • Various mount points fail to mount after upgrading the kernel version to kernel-2.6.32-431?
  • Unable to mount shares after upgrading the system the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5.
  • dmesg shows the following error message
talpa-vfshook: Failed to synchronise post-mount! (-2)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • Sophos Anti-Virus

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