Kernel panic with "multipath library" errors, after security update on SAN bootable server.
Issue
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Kernel panics with multipath library errors as "*** glibc detected *** multipathd: free (): invalid pointer : 0x0000xxxxx ***"
Error screen shot shown as below :
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Dropping at debug shell while using "rdbreak rdhell" option at kernel command line shows dracut warning similar to the
following, indicating that the root VG and LV are not found :
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Issue happening after kernel upgrade with security updates only.
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System was able to boot with old kernel, but generating abrt logs for process "multipath". multipath getting killed by signal 6(SIGABRT).
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"multipath -ll" command fails even with old kernel. Throws multipath package library errors as below :
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
