systemd-logind and/or systemd-journald killed with SIGABRT signal

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The systemd-journald process was killed by SIGABRT signal, causing a core dump to be generated and following message to be recorded in the journal

    [...] systemd-journald.service: Watchdog timeout (limit 3min)!
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later
    • systemd-journald

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