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ELIBMAX
ELIBMAX is a legacy loader errno for attempting to link too many shared libraries. It is not a normal runtime memory-allocation error and not a socket or filesystem result.
On modern Linux systems, loader limits and dependency failures usually surface through the ELF interpreter, dynamic linker, or execve() diagnostics. If this symbolic name appears, the important evidence is the binary format, compatibility layer, dependency graph, and whether the executable is using an old loader path.
Useful checks
- Inspect the binary format and interpreter rather than only the final application log.
- List direct and transitive library dependencies from the environment where execution failed.
- Check whether an emulator, container, or legacy compatibility package is involved.
- Compare with
EMFILE/ENFILE, which are file-descriptor limits rather than loader-link limits.
Linux execve(2) · Linux errno(3) · Linux UAPI errno definitions
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