Image PullBack Error in EKS-A 23.2 with containerd (connection reset by peer)

**What happened**: We are encountering an image pull-back error in EKS Anywhere version 23.2, specifically on nodes using containerd as the container runtime. The issue is affecting pod scheduling and service availability.
After multiple retires image was succes

**What you expected to happen**:

**How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)**:
Deploy a pod using a public/private image.
Observe pod status in kubectl get pods.
Check events using kubectl describe pod .

Or directly log in to node/vm and use ctr to pull images.

**Anything else we need to know?**:

Verified image accessibility from other environments.
Checked containerd logs (journalctl -u containerd).
Ensured registry credentials are correctly configured.
Validated network access to image registry.
After multiple retries, the image was eventually pulled successfully.
The same image was tested with containerd.io 1.7.27 and did not exhibit any pull issues

Cluster Details:

EKS-A Version: 23.2
Container Runtime: containerd
Affected Nodes: All nodes using containerd
Cluster Type: Nutanix

**Expected Behavior**:

Images should be pulled reliably without requiring multiple retries

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing an image pull on an affected Nutanix node with kubectl or ctr, then inspect containerd with journalctl -u containerd and compare behavior with containerd.io 1.7.27; done means images pull reliably without repeated retries.

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