rsyslog is constantly crashing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • rsyslog is crashing frequently
  • We are reporting repeatedly crashes with our rsyslog server and are seeing the following message reported in /var/log/messages
*** glibc detected *** /sbin/rsyslogd: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x00007fdef9256ff0 *** 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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