ping -I lo loses packets 100% in RHEL8.2

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Issue

  • ping -I lo <IP on some other interfaces> loses packets 100%.
# ping -c 2 -I lo 10.0.0.1
ping: Warning: source address might be selected on device other than lo.
PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) from 10.0.0.1 lo: 56(84) bytes of data.
^C (no response)
--- 10.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 37ms

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
  • kernel-4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64
  • iputils-20180629-2.el8.x86_64

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