Docker fails with OCI runtime create failed

The Problem

if you try the simples possible image and get this error you have found the information to solve your problem.

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1docker run hello-world

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1Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
2latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
3b8dfde127a29: Pull complete 
4Digest: sha256:5122f6204b6a3596e048758cabba3c46b1c937a46b5be6225b835d091b90e46c
5Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
6docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:367: starting container process caused: exec: "/hello": stat /hello: no such file or directory: unknown.

Solution

open /etc/systemd/system/docker.service in your editor and remove MountFlags=slave from the file:

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1[Service]
2ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock --storage-driver aufs --tlsverify --tlscacert /etc/docker/ca.pem --tlscert /etc/docker/server.pem --tlskey /etc/docker/server-$
3MountFlags=slave
4LimitNOFILE=1048576
5LimitNPROC=1048576
6LimitCORE=infinity
7Environment=
8
9...

reload the systemd configuration systemctl daemon-reload

restart docker systemctl restart docker

Test again with docker run hello-world which should give you:

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1Hello from Docker!
2This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.
3...

Explaination

The MountFlags=slave is no longer needed Docker Release Notes 18.09.1