RHEL 6 server with audit enabled hangs on startup/shutdown (BUG: soft lockup - CPU#N stuck for 67s!) in audit code

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • RHEL 6.4 server hangs (typically on startup/shutdown) with the following error:

    BUG: soft lockup - CPU#N stuck for 67s! [<process>:NNNN]
    • Where <process> is typically auditd or killall5.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, several minor releases before RHEL6.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 since kernel Version 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6

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