rsyslog fails to start and crashes on SIGBUS

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The rsyslog service fails to start as the rsyslogd daemon crashes on SIGBUS
  • The rsyslogd daemon crashes with a core dump on start

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • rsyslog set up with log forwarding to a remote host using disk assisted queues

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