RHEL 6.4: Kernel panic on boot "FATAL: Error inserting dm_mod" after updating to kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6

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Issue

  • After updating the kernel to version 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 the server does not boot and shows a kernel panic.
  • Error messages shown
compat: exports duplicate symbol ip_tos2prio (owned by kernel)
FATAL: Error inserting dm_mod (/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/md/dm_mod.ko): Invalid module format
compat: exports duplicate symbol ip_tos2prio (owned by kernel)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4

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