'kernel: audit: backlog limit exceeded' messages in /var/log/messages
Issue
/var/log/messagesshows repeated messages indicating the audit_backlog was greater than the allowed limit
kernel: audit: audit_backlog=65537 > audit_backlog_limit=65536
kernel: audit: audit_lost=126533574 audit_rate_limit=0 audit_backlog_limit=65536
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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