Getting "error: open /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token: permission denied" error and pods are failing to schedule on node(s).

Issue

• Deploy pod is failing to schedule any pod on a specific node(s), its logs shows the error:

error: open /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token: permission denied

• Generic secrets mounted as volumes in the deployment config gives the permission denied error, new pods are getting stuck in ContainerCreating or Crashloopbackoff state.