Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! after updating FIPS compliant system
Issue
After applying kernel update to FIPS enabled system, and re-enabling FIPS, boot fails in a kernel panic:
FATAL: Error inserting aesni_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel.ko): No such device
dracut: FATAL: FIPS integrity test failed
dracut: refusing to continue
Environment
- RHEL 6
- RHEL 7
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