modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in ???

Solution Unverified - Updated 2024-08-05T07:05:28+00:00 -

Issue

My RHEL5.10 systems display numerous entries modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in ??? in the /var/log/messages file. The text ??? is a series of unreadable control characters.
modprobe command returns WARNING: Unmatched bracket in <garbage>

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