Re: freeradius-3.2.8-1.el9 fails to start

We are experiencing the same issue. We even tested on brand new RHEL 9 VM
with no custom config (kept at default):

bash-5.1# journalctl -u radiusd
[output cut]
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
radiusd[24832]: Compiling Post-Auth-Type REJECT for attr Post-Auth-Type
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
radiusd[24832]: /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]: Invalid regular expression:
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
radiusd[24832]: /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]:
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
radiusd[24832]: /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]: ^ Pattern JIT failed: no
more memory
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
systemd[1]: radiusd.service: Control process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
systemd[1]: radiusd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 22 00:05:08 vm-68a7af574aa13c7161eb42f4.us-east-1.compute.is.apple.com
systemd[1]: Failed to start FreeRADIUS multi-protocol policy server.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM George Benjin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> We're experiencing a very similar issue with our Alma 9 machines after
> the update.
>
> FreeRADIUS works fine when started in debug mode, but the service will
> not start.
>
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: There is NO warranty; not
> even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: You may redistribute copies
> of FreeRADIUS under the terms of the
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: GNU General Public License
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: For more information about
> these matters, see the file named COPYRIGHT
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: FreeRADIUS is developed,
> maintained, and supported by InkBridge Networks.
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: For commercial support,
> please email [email protected]
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: https://inkbridgenetworks.com/
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: Starting - reading
> configuration files ...
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: /etc/raddb/proxy.conf[31]:
> Invalid regular expression:
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: /etc/raddb/proxy.conf[31]: .+$
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 radiusd[109867]: /etc/raddb/proxy.conf[31]: ^
> Pattern JIT failed: no more memory
> Aug 22 11:48:58 NZWLGRA1 systemd[1]: radiusd.service: Control process
> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>
>
> I temporarily removed all regex expressions in my proxy.conf file
> (error referenced above) and tried starting the service, but then got
> the same policyd/filter error that Dan recorded.
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 at 03:26, Dan Oachs via Freeradius-Users
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I have a Rocky Linux release 9.6 system running with:
> > freeradius-3.2.7-1.el9.x86_64
> > freeradius-mysql-3.2.7-1.el9.x86_64
> > freeradius-utils-3.2.7-1.el9.x86_64
> >
> > I am using the networkradius repo:
> > [networkradius]
> > name=NetworkRADIUS-$releasever
> > baseurl=
> http://packages.networkradius.com/freeradius-3.2/rocky/$releasever/
> > enabled=1
> > gpgcheck=1
> > gpgkey=
> https://packages.networkradius.com/pgp/packages%40networkradius.com
> >
> > After doing a DNF update to my system today results in radiusd failing to
> > start.
> >
> > /var/log/messages has what looks like some relevant error messages:
> > Aug 21 10:14:12 farmhand radiusd[2668739]:
> /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]:
> > Invalid regular expression:
> > Aug 21 10:14:12 farmhand radiusd[2668739]:
> /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]:
> > Aug 21 10:14:12 farmhand radiusd[2668739]:
> /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter[31]:
> > ^ Pattern JIT failed: no more memory
> > Aug 21 10:14:12 farmhand systemd[1]: radiusd.service: Control process
> > exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> > Aug 21 10:14:12 farmhand systemd[1]: radiusd.service: Failed with result
> > 'exit-code'.
> >
> > If I downgrade back to 3.2.7-1 the service starts as usual.
> >
> > Am I missing a step in the upgrade or something?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >    Dan Oachs
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