Starting iptables service gives error "*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08e59de0 ***"

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Issue

  • Not able to start iptables service, it gives following error:
Applying iptables firewall rules: *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08e59de0 ***
/etc/init.d/iptables: line 154:  6065 Aborted                 $IPTABLES-restore $OPT $IPTABLES_DATA

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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