Entropy pool size on RHEL 9 does not go higher than 256

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize is 256
  • /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail does not go higher than 256
  • How to increase entropy in RHEL 9.1 onwards?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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