Calico-Node Error on Ubuntu20.04 calico_tmp_A: Could not generate persistent MAC: No data available

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Environment

Rancher
RKE
RKE2
Calico version: 3.27.3 and 3.28.0
Ubuntu: 20.4, kernel version from 5.4.0-182-generic

Situation

Issue: The newly installed version of calico evoked the following error logs (syslog,systemd-udevd)

Operating system syslog/messages; error

Sep 11 12:22:54 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21836]: calico_tmp_A: Failed to get link config: No such device
Sep 11 12:22:54 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21813]: ethtool: could not get ethtool features for calico_tmp_B
Sep 11 12:22:54 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21813]: Could not set offload features of calico_tmp_B: No such device
Sep 11 12:22:55 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21836]: calico_tmp_A: Failed to get link config: No such device
Sep 11 12:22:55 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21813]: ethtool: could not get ethtool features for calico_tmp_B
Sep 11 12:22:55 K8s-RKE2-SIN12-W1 systemd-udevd[21813]: Could not set offload features of calico_tmp_B: No such device

Calico-node daemonset logs; error
2024-09-11 05:54:40.201 [INFO][62] felix/int_dataplane.go 2011: Received interface update msg=&intdataplane.ifaceStateUpdate{Name:"calico_tmp_A", State:"", Index:271742} 2024-09-11 05:54:40.248 [INFO][62] felix/xdp_state.go 200:
Retrying after an XDP update failure... 2024-09-11 05:54:40.288 [INFO][62] felix/xdp_state.go 200:
Retrying after an XDP update failure... 2024-09-11 05:54:40.298 [INFO][62] felix/int_dataplane.go 1387: Linux interface state changed. ifIndex=271757 ifaceName="calico_tmp_

Resolution

A known issue, both Calico versions 2.27.3 and 2.28.0 are impacted by the same issue,

Upgrade the Ubuntu Linux kernel version (kernel version from 5.4.0-182-generic to 5.15.0-107-generic)

Cause

A known issue, both calico 2.27.3 and 2.28.0 also are affected by this.

Status

Top Issue

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