Java application will not start due to "Failed to reserve shared memory" error on Linux

Issue

• I try the -XX:+UseLargePages parameter in JBoss run.conf but I get this error (sent to standard out) when trying to start JBoss:

      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Failed to reserve shared memory (errno = 12)
  

• A variation of this error:

      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Failed to reserve shared memory (errno = 28)    
  

• A fatal error log is not created, but what looks like the beginning of a the fatal error log is sent to standard out along with an error:

      #
      # An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
      #
      #  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002af03f31aa27, pid=1856, tid=1350097216
      #
      # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (10.0-b23 mixed mode linux-amd64)
      # Problematic frame:
      # V  [libjvm.so+0x5d8a27]
      #
  
      [error occurred during error reporting , id 0xb]