kdump fails to start with the error message: "kexec_file_load failed: Required key not available" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 or earlier when UEFI secure boot is disabled
Issue
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After updating
kexec-tools
,kdump.service
fails to start with the following messages.# systemctl status kdump ● kdump.service - Crash recovery kernel arming ... kdumpctl[689294]: kexec_file_load failed: Required key not available kdumpctl[689294]: kexec: failed to load kdump kernel kdumpctl[689294]: Starting kdump: [FAILED]
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After updating
kexec-tools
,kdump.service
fails to start with the following messages in/var/log/kdump.log
kexec_file_load failed: Required key not available + 2021-09-01 02:00:00 /usr/bin/kdumpctl@709: ret=255 + 2021-09-01 02:00:00 /usr/bin/kdumpctl@710: set +x
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 or earlier
- UEFI Secure Boot disabled
kernel-4.18.0-193.28.1.el8_2
or earlierkexec-tools-2.0.20-34.el8
or later
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