Why "kernel: eth0: IPv6 duplicate address detected" message displyed in logs ?

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Issue

  • Following messages getting generated in /var/log/messages.
kernel: eth0: IPv6 duplicate address 2001:ef8:edda:1:1260:4bff:fe99:a650 detected!
kernel: eth0: IPv6 duplicate address 2001:ef8:edda:1:1260:4bff:fe99:a650 detected!

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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