Kubelet could not start up kubernetes apiserver and core components post docker upgrade v25

[krishnakc1]

Until docker-ce v24.0.7, kubernetes image components are successfully run by kubelet. With the upgrade of docker-ce to v25.0, kubelet cannot start up the main components of k8s with an error stating ID and size unknown

kubelet[21094]: E0125 07:46:51.645034 21094 remote_image.go:94] ImageStatus failed: Id or size of image "k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12" is not set kubelet[21094]: E0125 07:46:51.645064 21094 kuberuntime_image.go:85] ImageStatus for image {"k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12"} failed: Id or size of image "k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12" is not set E0125 07:46:51.645109 21094 kuberuntime_manager.go:809] container start failed: ImageInspectError: Failed to inspect image "k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12": Id or size of image "k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12" is not set Error syncing pod 3ed55839-d24d-482a-a2ea-5fa52af9a07a ("kube-proxy-r6kxl_kube-system(3ed55839-d24d-482a-a2ea-5fa52af9a07a)"), skipping: failed to "StartContainer" for "kube-proxy" with ImageInspectError: "Failed to inspect image \"k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12\": Id or size of image \"k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy:v1.17.12\" is not set" kubernetes version(older one) 1.17, but I have seen this happening in latest version of k8s in 1.29 as well in k3s for some images

The change that is causing this problem is https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/45469

Client: Docker Engine - Community Version: 25.0.1

Server: Docker Engine - Community Engine: Version: 25.0.1

Kubelet version - 1.17.12(Old, I know but I have seen some saying it is a problem in the newer versions)

Downgrading docker to 24.0.7 works but it is not an option

For some reasons, I cannot upgrade kubernetes to later versions but if there is a way to remediate this problem, it helps with the latest version of docker