Ext4 Filesystem: resize2fs superblock checksum mismatch

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Encountering random failures with the message 'resize2fs: superblock checksum does not match' while working with Ext4 filesystem.
$ resize2fs /dev/nvme1n1p1
 resize2fs 1.45.6 (5-Feb-2023)
 resize2fs: Superblock checksum does not match superblock while trying to open /dev/nvme1n1p1
 Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • e2fsprogs-1.45.6-5.el8.x86_64
  • Ext4

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