I had posted earlier that I was having issues with a java program but after doing some quick digging I've been able to identity the error. I enabled logging kernel messages over the network and was able to capture this. Would appreciate some guidance on where to go from here.
[ 118.656721] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 118.657261] kernel BUG at /build/linux-9uDFZV/linux-4.9.30/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1413! [ 118.658106] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 118.658628] Modules linked in: netconsole configfs sb_edac edac_core coretemp crct10dif_pclmul ppdev crc32_pclmul vmw_balloon ghash_clmulni_intel intel_rapl_perf joydev serio_raw pcspkr sg shpchp vmwgfx vmw_vmci ttm drm_kms_helper drm nfit libnvdimm battery evdev parport_pc parport ac acpi_cpufreq button ip_tables x_tables autofs4 ext4 crc16 jbd2 crc32c_generic fscrypto ecb mbcache dm_mod sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_generic crc32c_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 glue_helper lrw gf128mul ablk_helper cryptd psmouse ata_piix vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi i2c_piix4 libata scsi_mod [ 118.661572] CPU: 0 PID: 891 Comm: java Not tainted 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u2 [ 118.662153] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/05/2016 [ 118.663136] task: ffff8dd87882a0c0 task.stack: ffffa99981470000 [ 118.663695] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc0217725>] [<ffffffffc0217725>] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x905/0xf10 [vmxnet3] [ 118.664735] RSP: 0000:ffff8dd87fc03e38 EFLAGS: 00010297 [ 118.665279] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff8dd878ad5a00 [ 118.665857] RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000040 [ 118.666426] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000028 [ 118.666984] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8dd8369688c0 R12: ffff8dd8369690c0 [ 118.667613] R13: ffff8dd835ea8330 R14: ffff8dd87c192010 R15: ffff8dd835ed8018 [ 118.668172] FS: 00007f1b1974e700(0000) GS:ffff8dd87fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 118.668723] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 118.669310] CR2: 00007f1ad63e2fd8 CR3: 000000007bcac000 CR4: 00000000003406f0 [ 118.669892] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 118.670520] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 118.671099] Stack: [ 118.671677] ffff8dd836969190 0000004000000007 0000000000000002 ffff8dd8369690e0 [ 118.672313] ffffffffb22b002d ffff8dd8369688c0 0000000000000000 ffff8dd8369688c0 [ 118.672950] 0000000000000000 ffff8dd8369688c0 ffff8dd8369690e0 0000000000000040 [ 118.673603] Call Trace: [ 118.674166] <IRQ> [ 118.674180] [<ffffffffb22b002d>] ? task_numa_fault+0x6ed/0xd20 [ 118.674876] [<ffffffffc0217e75>] ? vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x35/0xa0 [vmxnet3] [ 118.675479] [<ffffffffb2700b80>] ? net_rx_action+0x240/0x370 [ 118.676099] [<ffffffffb2808d95>] ? __do_softirq+0x105/0x290 [ 118.676681] [<ffffffffb227cf6e>] ? irq_exit+0xae/0xb0 [ 118.677294] [<ffffffffb2808aef>] ? do_IRQ+0x4f/0xd0 [ 118.677971] [<ffffffffb2806c02>] ? common_interrupt+0x82/0x82 [ 118.678522] <EOI> [ 118.678532] Code: 89 54 24 28 e8 9d 72 4e f2 0f b6 44 24 30 4c 8b 5c 24 38 4c 8b 54 24 28 49 c7 84 24 48 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 89 c6 e9 59 f8 ff ff <0f> 0b 0f 0b 49 83 84 24 a0 01 00 00 01 49 c7 84 24 48 01 00 00 [ 118.680438] RIP [<ffffffffc0217725>] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x905/0xf10 [vmxnet3] [ 118.681063] RSP <ffff8dd87fc03e38> [ 118.681676] ---[ end trace 5927dc1afdb8f3dd ]--- [ 118.682244] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt [ 118.682880] Kernel Offset: 0x31200000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff) [ 118.683993] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt