Why does kdump fails to start on kernel-rt booted on UEFI secure boot setup?

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Issue

  • Why does kdump fails to start on kernel-rt booted on UEFI secure boot setup?
# kdumpctl start
kdump: kexec: failed to load kdump kernel
kdump: Starting kdump: [FAILED]

From /var/log/kdump.log
kexec_file_load failed: Operation not permitted

Environment

  • UEFI Secure Boot Enabled.
  • kernel-rt
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 and above.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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