kmem_cache_create(nf_conntrack_xxxxx) failed with error -12 in /var/log/messages
Issue
-
/var/log/messages shows
kmem_cache_create(nf_conntrack_xxxxx) failed with error -12
along with page allocation failure of higher order. -
runc:[1:CHILD]: page allocation failure: order:7, mode:0xc0d0
followed by kmem_cache_create failed errors can be seen in logs.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- Seen in kernel version 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64
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