Getting 'incorrect padding' error while running 'subscription-manager' commands.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • Red Hat Subscription Manager

Issue

  • Every time subscription-manager command is executed, we get an error 'incorrect padding' error message.

  • Getting 'Incorrect padding' error message as follows:

# subscription-manager remove --all
0 subscriptions removed at the server.
Incorrect padding

Resolution

# yum update coreutils
  • Coreutils (base64) is an encoder/decoder which reads a block of input to a buffer, transforms it, and writes it out.

Root Cause

  • The trackback errors shows incompatibility between the O.S. and the subscription-manager as base64-encoded strings are not getting decrypted as required.

Diagnostic Steps

Check for /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log file to see the python trackback errors:

exception caught while running <subscription_manager.repolib.RepoActionInvoker object at 0xe9fdd0> update
2019-02-18 08:51:28,643 [ERROR] rhsmcertd-worker @base_action_client.py:73 - Incorrect padding Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/base_action_client.py", line 63, in _run_update
    update_report = lib.update()
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/certlib.py", line 31, in update
    self.report = self.locker.run(self._do_update)
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/certlib.py", line 17, in run
    return action()
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/repolib.py", line 53, in _do_update
    action = RepoUpdateActionCommand(cache_only=self.cache_only)
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/repolib.py", line 184, in _init_
    self.ent_source = ent_cert.EntitlementDirEntitlementSource()
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/model/ent_cert.py", line 70, in _init_
    for ent_cert in ent_dir.list_valid():
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/certdirectory.py", line 293, in list_valid
    for c in self.list():
  File "/usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/certdirectory.py", line 121, in list
    listing.append(create_from_file(path))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/certificate.py", line 59, in create_from_file
    return _CertFactory().create_from_file(path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/certificate2.py", line 66, in create_from_file
    return self._read_x509(_certificate.load(path), path, pem)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/certificate2.py", line 100, in _read_x509
    raise CertificateException(str(e))
CertificateException: Incorrect padding
2019-02-18 08:51:28,644 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker @plugins.py:569 - loaded plugin modules: []
2019-02-18 08:51:28,644 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker @plugins.py:570 - loaded plugins: {}
2019-02-18 08:51:28,644 [ERROR] rhsmcertd-worker @certificate2.py:99 - Incorrect padding Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/certificate2.py", line 94, in _read_x509
    return self._create_v3_cert(version, extensions, x509, path, pem)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/certificate2.py", line 258, in _create_v3_cert
    payload = self._decompress_payload(base64.b64decode(entitlement_data))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/base64.py", line 76, in b64decode
    raise TypeError(msg)
TypeError: Incorrect padding

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