RHEL-6.8 kernel cause the read from /dev/random to not return the full len of the data requested in the read () system call.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

RHEL-6.8 kernel cause the read from /dev/random to not return the full len of the data requested in the read () system call.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
  • kernel-2.6.32-642.el6

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