Unable to start any Docker containers with an error of 'var/lib/docker/init/dockerinit permission denied'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installed or upgraded Docker and cannot start any containers.
  • Any docker run command results in an error similar to:
FATA[0000] Error response from daemon: Cannot start container e81ef334f3024d1cb4f5f5c751b873b632b141cc3b23846261986321aeba87e9: fork/exec /var/lib/docker/init/dockerinit-1.5.0-dev: permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Docker

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