Why is netfilter considering a packet in INVALID state ?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Netfilter identifies some packets in INVALID state, but the usual -j LOG target does not provide enough information to understand why the state of the packets is considered INVALID

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (any version)

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