Segmentation fault in ksh while switching the user with `su - user`.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Segmentation fault in ksh while switching the user with su - user.
[root@rhel7 ~]# su - ksh_user
Segmentation fault

segfault error message is found in syslog:

ksh[41725]: segfault at 7ffc4b9da728 ip 00000000004ca696 sp 00007ffc4b9da700 error 6 in ksh93[400000+15d000]
  • su user does not result in any issues

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • ksh

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