[RHEL 8] Incorrect "time" in ping statistics

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Incorrect "time" value in ping statistics in RHEL 8.

# time ping localhost
PING localhost(localhost (::1)) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms
64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms
64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 105ms  <== incorrect time
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.042/0.062/0.089/0.017 ms

real    0m3.566s  <== Actual time
user    0m0.002s
sys 0m0.007s

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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