This bug has been copied from bug #544253 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).
commit 6adfa2e69f30d1773035ce495b1a1e0aae618196 Author: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow> Date: Tue Dec 22 03:04:18 2009 -0600 dm-log-clustered: Remove an entry from a list before freeing memory Error handling logic failed to remove an item from a list before freeing it. Later, when the list is accessed, a panic occurs.