kdump.service fails with status=1/FAILURE - dracut: installkernel failed in module watchdog-modules

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4

Situation

kernel-azure is installed and booted sucessfully, kdump.service failed.

# systemctl start kdump.service
Job for kdump.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status kdump.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

# systemctl status kdump.service
● kdump.service - Load kdump kernel and initrd
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdump.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-03-10 15:31:15 UTC; 3s ago
  Process: 21403 ExecStart=/lib/kdump/load.sh --update (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 21403 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 load.sh[21403]: dracut: *** Including module: watchdog-modules ***
Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 load.sh[21403]: dracut: installkernel failed in module watchdog-modules
Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 systemd[1]: kdump.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 systemd[1]: Failed to start Load kdump kernel and initrd.
Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 systemd[1]: kdump.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 10 15:31:15 pg-test-sles12 systemd[1]: kdump.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Resolution

Only kdump-0.8.16-11.16.1 is affected, please downgrade to kdump-0.8.16-11.13.1 or use an update as soon as it is available.

Cause

kernel-azure does not have any watchdog-modules, but the affected kdump version explicitly checked them.

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