server load average going very high due to bug in rngd package

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Server is facing high load average due to mulitple instances of rngd process.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • rng-tools-2-13.el6_2.x86_64

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