kdump fails to generate vmcore if dump target is nfs, ssh or localfilesystem when fips is enabled.
Issue
[ OK ] Mounted /kdumproot/mnt.
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
Starting dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook...
[ 9.149628] dracut-pre-pivot[2237]: mkdir: cannot create directory '/boot': File exists <=======
[ 9.163838] dracut-pre-pivot[2237]: mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs' <=======
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[ 10.919385] dracut: FATAL: FIPS integrity test failed <============
[ 10.923315] dracut-pre-pivot[ 10.925860] dracut: Refusing to continue <============
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- FIPS enabled
- dracut
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