Libvirtd service fails to start with error "failed to load module libvitr_storage_backend /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version 'CXXABI_1.3.7'"

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Issue

After RHEL update it is not possible to list the virtual machines using virsh list --all.
It is also not possible to connect to qemu-kvm connection in Virtual Machine Manager.
The libvirtd service fails to start with following error in the /var/log/messages

Mar 18 14:15:43 host libvirtd: 2022-03-18 08:45:43.674+0000: 5572: error : virModuleLoadFile:53 : internal error: Failed to load module '/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_rbd.so': /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.7' not found (required by /lib64/librbd.so.1)

Environment

  • KVM
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9

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