rsyslogd not able to start due to segfault
Issue
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The
rsyslogservice fails to start# systemctl start rsyslog Job for rsyslog.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core. See "systemctl status rsyslog.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. # systemctl status rsyslog.service ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2018-08-14 15:58:19 +08; 6min ago Docs: man:rsyslogd(8) http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/ Main PID: 16651 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV) Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logging Service. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: Unit rsyslog.service entered failed state. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: rsyslog.service failed. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: rsyslog.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for rsyslog.service Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logging Service. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: Unit rsyslog.service entered failed state. Aug 14 15:58:19 example-hostname systemd[1]: rsyslog.service failed. -
The
rsyslogddaemon crashes on "Segmentation fault" immediately
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rsyslog-8.24.0-10.el7or later
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