Service sshd restarts continuously with failed status

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On upgrading RHEL7.3 to 7.4, sshd service keeps on restarting with failed state.
  • sshd service restarting automatically and fails to start everytime.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise 7.4
  • OpenSSH

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