df reports negative disk space usage

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • df returns negative value in used column
# df -h /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1     131G  -12G  136G   -  /

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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