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# sk105061 - "Failed to load security policy: invalid argument" on policy installation failure

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk105061 |
| Date Created | 2015-03-04 |
| Last Modified | 2020-04-13 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |

## Symptoms

- * "Failed to load security policy: invalid argument" on Security policy installation failure.  

* Debug of kernel shows:  

  `[DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];fw_salloc_ex: `**unable to allocate 1756459332 bytes for kiss_ex_tier2_deserialize;**   
  `
  [DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];kiss_ex_tier2_deserialize: `**Could not allocate pattern string** `;`  
  `
  [DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];kiss_pm_destroy: Entered with: kiss_pm_handle: e7f37368 ( CMI_CONTEXT_144 );`  
  `
  [DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];kiss_pm_destroy: No more holders of PM handle e7f37368, destroying it;`  
  `
  [DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];fw_sfree_ex: kiss_pm_destroy_tier2: freeing 640380 bytes at e040000c;`  
  `
  [DATE TIME][cpu_0];[fw4_0];FW-1 - fwk_cmi_prepare: `**Failed to deserialize context 144. This may be caused by too many signatures applied to this context.;**

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