oscap prints "E: oscap: Failed to check available memory" message multiple times on RHEL 8.6
Issue
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Executing the oscap rule which is computing a lot of items for example below rule to scan for unowned files by user , we can see the following error message appearing multiple times:
# oscap xccdf eval --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --rule xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_files_unowned_by_user /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel8-ds.xml [...] --- Starting Evaluation --- Title Ensure All Files Are Owned by a User Rule xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_files_unowned_by_user Ident CCE-83499-4 E: oscap: Failed to check available memory E: oscap: Failed to check available memory : : E: oscap: Failed to check available memory E: oscap: Failed to check available memory Result fail
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Issue is seen only on some environment and is not reliably reproduced on every environment.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
- openscap-1.3.6-3.el8_6
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