Unable to start kdump with "Cannot assign requested address"

Issue

• Unable to start kdump with "Cannot assign requested address". Following snippet from /var/log/kdump.log file.

+ 2023-09-02 07:14:43 /usr/bin/kdumpctl@703: /sbin/kexec -s -s -d -p '--command-line=BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 ro resume=/dev/mapper/rhel-swap rhgb irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory mce=off numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10 rootflags=nofail acpi_no_memhotplug transparent_hugepage=never nokaslr novmcoredd hest_disable disable_cpu_apicid=0' --initrd=/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64kdump.img /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64
Try gzip decompression.
Try LZMA decompression.
kexec_file_load failed: Cannot assign requested address    <---
+ 2023-09-02 07:14:43 /usr/bin/kdumpctl@707: ret=255
+ 2023-09-02 07:14:43 /usr/bin/kdumpctl@708: set +x

• Additionally following backtrace is also seen in journal logs.

Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Trying to vfree() nonexistent vm area (0000000001471308)
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3626 at mm/vmalloc.c:2226 __vunmap+0x217/0x220
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Modules linked in: nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nf_tables_set nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink vsock_loopback vmw_vsock>
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 3626 Comm: kexec Not tainted 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64 #1
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware20,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW201.00V.20192059.B64.2207280713 07/28/2022
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RIP: 0010:__vunmap+0x217/0x220
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Code: 48 c7 c7 48 d3 90 b6 e8 64 20 e0 ff 0f 0b 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 58 c5 b0 00 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 70 d3 90 b6 e8 46 20 e0 ff <0f> 0b eb e0 e9 40 c5 b0 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 31 c0 48 87 47 f8 48
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffacd602c57e40 EFLAGS: 00010286
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RDX: ffff8a773b02eec0 RSI: ffff8a773b01e698 RDI: ffff8a773b01e698
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffff7fff
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffacd602c57c58 R12: ffffacd600661000
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: R13: ffffacd602c57ef8 R14: ffff8a76d24d9400 R15: 00000000ffffff9d
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: FS:  00007fefd3364100(0000) GS:ffff8a773b000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: CR2: 0000557a2a9300e0 CR3: 000000002c928001 CR4: 00000000007706f0
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: PKRU: 55555554
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup+0x15/0x40
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  kimage_file_post_load_cleanup+0x84/0xb0
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  kimage_file_alloc_init+0x1a3/0x2c0
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  __x64_sys_kexec_file_load+0x190/0x290
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1b0
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel:  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7fefd29769bd
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 9b 64 38 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RSP: 002b:00007fff4fd2f5c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000140
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000557a2ab42080 RCX: 00007fefd29769bd
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RDX: 0000000000000138 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000003
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: RBP: 0000000000000008 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: R10: 0000557a2ba0f9d0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff4fd2f848
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: 00000000ffffffff
Sep 02 07:14:43 localhost.localdomain kernel: ---[ end trace b89db6994e66e1f8 ]---