update rng-tools to 6.15 @ cb8cc624. the previous bugzilla is bz2124605. the related bugzilla (fixing a crash) is bz2140043.
Yes, but first will test it a little to check that rngd still works.
*** Bug 2154804 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Reproduced with jitterentropy-3.4.1-1.el9.s390x and rng-tools-6.15-2.el9.s390x, verified with rng-tools-6.15-3.el9.s390x.rpm and jitterentropy-3.4.1-2.el9.s390x.rpm : # uname -r 5.14.0-242.el9.s390x # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.2 Beta (Plow) # dnf install rng-tools (...) Installed: jitterentropy-3.4.1-1.el9.s390x rng-tools-6.15-2.el9.s390x Complete! # systemctl start rngd # grep rngd /var/log/messages Jan 25 12:23:23 ibm-z-536 dracut[1286]: dracut module 'rngd' will not be installed, because command 'rngd' could not be found! Jan 25 12:23:24 ibm-z-536 dracut[1286]: dracut module 'rngd' will not be installed, because command 'rngd' could not be found! Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: Disabling 7: PKCS11 Entropy generator (pkcs11) Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: Disabling 5: NIST Network Entropy Beacon (nist) Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: Disabling 9: Qrypt quantum entropy beacon (qrypt) Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: Initializing available sources Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: [hwrng ]: Initialized Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: [jitter]: JITTER timeout set to 5 sec Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 rngd[79567]: *** stack smashing detected ***: terminated Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 systemd-coredump[79569]: Resource limits disable core dumping for process 79567 (rngd). Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 systemd-coredump[79569]: Process 79567 (rngd) of user 0 dumped core. Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT Jan 25 18:42:41 ibm-z-536 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'. # rpm -U rng-tools-6.15-3.el9.s390x.rpm jitterentropy-3.4.1-2.el9.s390x.rpm # systemctl stop rngd # systemctl start rngd # systemctl status rngd ● rngd.service - Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-01-25 18:46:39 EST; 5s ago Main PID: 79888 (rngd) Tasks: 3 (limit: 36540) Memory: 1.5M CPU: 10.715s CGroup: /system.slice/rngd.service └─79888 /usr/sbin/rngd -f --fill-watermark=0 -x pkcs11 -x nist -x qrypt -D daemon:daemon Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: Disabling 7: PKCS11 Entropy generator (pkcs11) Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: Disabling 5: NIST Network Entropy Beacon (nist) Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: Disabling 9: Qrypt quantum entropy beacon (qrypt) Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: Initializing available sources Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: [hwrng ]: Initialized Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: [jitter]: JITTER timeout set to 5 sec Jan 25 18:46:39 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: [jitter]: Initializing AES buffer Jan 25 18:46:42 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: [jitter]: Enabling JITTER rng support Jan 25 18:46:42 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: [jitter]: Initialized Jan 25 18:46:42 ibm-z-536.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com rngd[79888]: Process privileges have been dropped to 2:2
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (rng-tools bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2473