kernel is reporting "assertion (!sk->sk_forward_alloc) failed" in RHEL 4

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The system is having following messages in system logs:

    Feb 27 06:31:36 xyz1 kernel: KERNEL: assertion (!sk->sk_forward_alloc) failed at net/core/stream.c (279) 
Feb 27 06:31:36 xyz1 kernel: KERNEL: assertion (!sk->sk_forward_alloc) failed at net/ipv4/af_inet.c (152)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • TSO enabled for the interface

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