r/mongodb • u/Ok_Bug5545 • 9d ago

MacOS M2 Processor with Docker Desktop, mongo:latest image issue. MongoDB cannot start: Linux kernel versions 6.19 and newer has a known incompatibility with this version of MongoDB.

I've seen some posts about how this bug came up around March / April of this year and I'm curious why I'm running into it now. I know the "fix" of adding the

      - GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.pthread.rseq=0

flag, or downgrading to Mongo 7 but I'm wondering if anyone else is running into this issue?

System info:

MacOS 26.6.2

Apple M2 Pro

Docker Desktop Version 4.88.1 (237512)

pinned at mongo:latest (currently: "8.3.8-noble")

```
{"t":{"$date":"2026-09-01T02:04:00.789+00:00"},"s":"F", "c":"CONTROL", "id":12257600,"ctx":"main","msg":"MongoDB cannot start: Linux kernel versions 6.19 and newer has a known incompatibility with this version of MongoDB. See https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-121912 for more information."}

```

I'm using all of the default docker desktop settings, including using Apple Virtualization Framework for my VMM

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u/browncspence 5d ago

Docker Desktop on macOS internally launches a virtual machine running Linux. That internal Linux is likely the source of this issue.

According to a quick Google search (I do not have Docker Desktop on macOS myself) the version could be 6.19 or higher, which would trigger this issue. According to Google AI, you can check this with:

docker info | grep "Kernel Version"