pam_fprintd.so leaks memory when used for authentication on RHEL6

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

When setting the pam_fprintd.so, the amount of used memory for a process increased by repeating authentication.

 /etc/pam.d/system-auth:
  ---
  #%PAM-1.0
  # This file is auto-generated.
  # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run.
  auth        required      pam_env.so
  auth        sufficient    pam_fprintd.so <--- Setting
  auth        sufficient    pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass
  auth        requisite     pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 500 quiet
  auth        required      pam_deny.so
  <snip>
  ---

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
fprintd-0.1-19.git04fd09cfa.el6
fprintd-pam-0.1-19.git04fd09cfa.el6

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