Listing the directory as root works as expected, but when attempting as a user with credentials stored this happens: [ 1645.700809] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 1645.700817] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 1645.700821] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 1645.700824] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 1645.700829] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 1645.700834] CPU: 10 PID: 8304 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.16.0-0.rc5.35.fc36.x86_64 #1 [ 1645.700839] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z690-P D4, BIOS 0605 11/12/2021 [ 1645.700842] RIP: 0010:strnlen+0x17/0x30 [ 1645.700852] Code: 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 31 c0 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8d 14 37 48 89 f8 48 85 f6 75 0b eb 19 48 83 c0 01 48 39 c2 74 09 <80> 38 00 75 f2 48 29 f8 c3 48 89 d0 48 29 f8 c3 31 c0 c3 66 0f 1f [ 1645.700856] RSP: 0018:ffffb672802cbaa0 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 1645.700861] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000002e RCX: ffffffffc0272000 [ 1645.700864] RDX: 0000000000000041 RSI: 0000000000000041 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 1645.700866] RBP: ffff8b11411bac00 R08: 00000000000001c0 R09: ffff8b116bc99600 [ 1645.700869] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000049 R12: ffffb672802cbaee [ 1645.700871] R13: ffff8b1150f03000 R14: ffff8b1150f03000 R15: 0000000000000002 [ 1645.700874] FS: 00007ff6095ca740(0000) GS:ffff8b189f480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1645.700878] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1645.700880] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000031e188004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 1645.700884] PKRU: 55555554 [ 1645.700885] Call Trace: [ 1645.700889] <TASK> [ 1645.700894] size_of_ntlmssp_blob+0x6a/0x90 [cifs] [ 1645.700986] build_ntlmssp_negotiate_blob+0x38/0x120 [cifs] [ 1645.701049] SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0xa1/0x1e0 [cifs] [ 1645.701127] SMB2_sess_setup+0x1cf/0x2c0 [cifs] [ 1645.701192] cifs_setup_session+0xb7/0x1c0 [cifs] [ 1645.701251] cifs_get_smb_ses+0x674/0xdd0 [cifs] [ 1645.701306] ? cifs_sb_tlink+0x64c/0xd40 [cifs] [ 1645.701360] ? kfree+0xaa/0x3e0 [ 1645.701366] cifs_sb_tlink+0x41d/0xd40 [cifs] [ 1645.701420] cifs_get_inode_info+0x62/0xa40 [cifs] [ 1645.701480] ? irq_work_queue+0x35/0x50 [ 1645.701486] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x47/0x240 [ 1645.701496] cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x158/0x370 [cifs] [ 1645.701552] cifs_getattr+0xb8/0x250 [cifs] [ 1645.701604] vfs_statx+0x90/0x100 [ 1645.701611] __do_sys_newfstatat+0x1e/0x40 [ 1645.701618] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 1645.701626] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 1645.701634] RIP: 0033:0x7ff6096cdcbe [ 1645.701638] Code: 48 89 f2 b9 00 01 00 00 48 89 fe bf 9c ff ff ff e9 07 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 41 89 ca b8 06 01 00 00 0f 05 <3d> 00 f0 ff ff 77 0b 31 c0 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 15 31 [ 1645.701642] RSP: 002b:00007ffe30bfd0c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000106 [ 1645.701647] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005560a3f32c5f RCX: 00007ff6096cdcbe [ 1645.701649] RDX: 00007ffe30bfd0f0 RSI: 00005560a3f32c50 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c [ 1645.701652] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00005560a3f32c51 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 1645.701654] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000002 [ 1645.701657] R13: 00005560a3f32c51 R14: 00005560a3f32c5f R15: 00005560a3f32c50 [ 1645.701663] </TASK> [ 1645.701665] Modules linked in: uinput snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer nls_utf8 cifs cifs_arc4 cifs_md4 dns_resolver fscache netfs nft_objref nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject tun nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink qrtr intel_rapl_msr sunrpc iTCO_wdt intel_pmc_bxt pmt_telemetry ee1004 mei_hdcp iTCO_vendor_support pmt_class intel_rapl_common intel_tcc_cooling x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass rapl intel_cstate intel_uncore eeepc_wmi asus_wmi sparse_keymap platform_profile rfkill pcspkr wmi_bmof snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl vfat fat snd_sof_intel_hda_common soundwire_intel soundwire_generic_allocation soundwire_cadence snd_sof_intel_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi soundwire_bus snd_soc_core [ 1645.701750] snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_compress ac97_bus ledtrig_audio snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_pcm_dmaengine i2c_i801 i2c_smbus snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_hda_codec mei_me snd_hda_core mei snd_hwdep snd_seq idma64 snd_seq_device snd_pcm joydev xpad snd_timer snd intel_pmt soundcore acpi_tad acpi_pad zram ip_tables hid_microsoft ff_memless amdgpu iommu_v2 gpu_sched hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj i915 radeon crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel nvme r8169 ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core drm_ttm_helper ttm vmd wmi video pinctrl_alderlake ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler fuse [ 1645.701813] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 1645.701817] ---[ end trace 9bfea57ad4ec1112 ]--- [ 1645.701820] RIP: 0010:strnlen+0x17/0x30 [ 1645.701826] Code: 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 31 c0 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8d 14 37 48 89 f8 48 85 f6 75 0b eb 19 48 83 c0 01 48 39 c2 74 09 <80> 38 00 75 f2 48 29 f8 c3 48 89 d0 48 29 f8 c3 31 c0 c3 66 0f 1f [ 1645.701829] RSP: 0018:ffffb672802cbaa0 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 1645.701833] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000002e RCX: ffffffffc0272000 [ 1645.701836] RDX: 0000000000000041 RSI: 0000000000000041 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 1645.701838] RBP: ffff8b11411bac00 R08: 00000000000001c0 R09: ffff8b116bc99600 [ 1645.701841] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000049 R12: ffffb672802cbaee [ 1645.701843] R13: ffff8b1150f03000 R14: ffff8b1150f03000 R15: 0000000000000002 [ 1645.701846] FS: 00007ff6095ca740(0000) GS:ffff8b189f480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1645.701849] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1645.701852] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000031e188004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 1645.701855] PKRU: 55555554 fstab entry: //192.168.1.51/media /smb/rexx/media smb3 multiuser,sec=ntlmssp,credentials=/etc/rexx.creds 0 0