Why do we see "kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error" logs creating in /var/log/messages or dmesg file ?

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Issue

Why do we see "kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error" logs creating in /var/log/messages or dmesg file?

Jun 11 10:59:54 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 10:59:54 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 10:59:59 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 10:59:59 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 10:59:59 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 11:00:00 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 11:00:00 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 11:00:00 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 11:00:00 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error
Jun 11 11:00:00 localhost.localdomain kernel: icmp6_send: no reply to icmp error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • ip6tables

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