@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ const (

 	linuxMinCPUShares = 2

 	linuxMaxCPUShares = 262144

 	platformSupported = true

-	// It's not kernel limit, we want this 4M limit to supply a reasonable functional container

-	linuxMinMemory = 4194304

+	// It's not kernel limit, we want this 6M limit to account for overhead during startup, and to supply a reasonable functional container

+	linuxMinMemory = 6291456

 	// constants for remapped root settings

 	defaultIDSpecifier = "default"

 	defaultRemappedID  = "dockremap"

@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func verifyPlatformContainerResources(resources *containertypes.Resources, sysIn

 	// memory subsystem checks and adjustments

 	if resources.Memory != 0 && resources.Memory < linuxMinMemory {

-		return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Minimum memory limit allowed is 4MB")

+		return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Minimum memory limit allowed is 6MB")

 	}

 	if resources.Memory > 0 && !sysInfo.MemoryLimit {

 		warnings = append(warnings, "Your kernel does not support memory limit capabilities or the cgroup is not mounted. Limitation discarded.")

@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestCreateWithTooLowMemoryLimit(c *testing.T) {

 	} else {

 		assert.Assert(c, res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK)

 	}

-	assert.Assert(c, strings.Contains(string(b), "Minimum memory limit allowed is 4MB"))

+	assert.Assert(c, strings.Contains(string(b), "Minimum memory limit allowed is 6MB"))

 }

 func (s *DockerSuite) TestContainerAPIRename(c *testing.T) {

@@ -2826,13 +2826,11 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunPIDHostWithChildIsKillable(c *testing.T) {

 }

 func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunWithTooSmallMemoryLimit(c *testing.T) {

-	// TODO Windows. This may be possible to enable once Windows supports

-	// memory limits on containers

+	// TODO Windows. This may be possible to enable once Windows supports memory limits on containers

 	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)

-	// this memory limit is 1 byte less than the min, which is 4MB

-	// https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/v1.5.0/daemon/create.go#L22

-	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("run", "-m", "4194303", "busybox")

-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Minimum memory limit allowed is 4MB") {

+	// this memory limit is 1 byte less than the min (daemon.linuxMinMemory), which is 6MB (6291456 bytes)

+	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("create", "-m", "6291455", "busybox")

+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Minimum memory limit allowed is 6MB") {

 		c.Fatalf("expected run to fail when using too low a memory limit: %q", out)

 	}

 }

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestUpdateContainerInvalidValue(c *testing.T) {

 	dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "--name", name, "-m", "300M", "busybox", "true")

 	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("update", "-m", "2M", name)

 	assert.ErrorContains(c, err, "")

-	expected := "Minimum memory limit allowed is 4MB"

+	expected := "Minimum memory limit allowed is 6MB"

 	assert.Assert(c, strings.Contains(out, expected))

 }

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestDeprecatedStartWithTooLowMemoryLimit(c *testing.T) {

 	} else {

 		assert.Equal(c, res.StatusCode, http.StatusBadRequest)

 	}

-	assert.Assert(c, is.Contains(string(b), "Minimum memory limit allowed is 4MB"))

+	assert.Assert(c, is.Contains(string(b), "Minimum memory limit allowed is 6MB"))

 }

 // #14640