In FIPS Mode, when booting the rescue kernel, the system hangs, unable to find the HMAC file for the rescue image.

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Issue

When booting the rescue kernel in FIPS mode (fips=1), the system hangs, unable to find the HMAC (Hash-Based Message Authentication Code) file for the rescue image.

dracut: Refusing to continue
dracut-pre-trigger[562]: Warning: /boot//.vmlinuz-0-rescue-18ec8086485a49b2af54cf2e04c33e67.hmac does not exist

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux With FIPS mode enabled.

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