Docker fails to start with the following message /usr/bin/docker: symbol dm_task_get_info_with_deferred_remove , version Base not defined in file libdevmapper.so.1.02

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Issue

  • Docker 1.5 fails to start and following message is seen in the logs
Mar 31 15:23:09 xxx docker: /usr/bin/docker: relocation error: /usr/bin/docker: symbol dm_task_get_info_with_deferred_remove, version Base not defined in file libdevmapper.so.1.02 with link time reference
Mar 31 15:23:09 xxx systemd: docker.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=127/n/a
Mar 31 15:23:09 xxx systemd: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Mar 31 15:23:09 xxx systemd: Unit docker.service entered failed state.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • docker-1.5.0-27.el7.x86_64
  • device-mapper-libs-1.02.84-14.el7.x86_64

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