Why docker network create XXX fails with error "Error response from daemon: failed to set bridge mac-address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX : invalid argument" after upgrading to RHEL 7.5 ?

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Issue

  • Why docker network create XXX fails with error "Error response from daemon: failed to set bridge mac-address 02:42:eb:87:ba:58 : invalid argument" after upgrading to RHEL 7.5 ?
[root@dhcp182-65 ~]# docker network create bbridge
response from daemon: failed to set bridge mac-address 02:42:ed:d7:61:0c : invalid argument

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
  • kernel-3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
  • docker-1.13.1-63.git94f4240.el7.x86_64

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