Last Modified: Aug 01, 2024
Affected Product(s):
F5OS (all modules)
Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.3.1, F5OS-A 1.3.2, F5OS-A 1.4.0, F5OS-A 1.5.0, F5OS-A 1.5.1, F5OS-C 1.5.1
Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.7.0, F5OS-A 1.5.2
Opened: Jan 16, 2023 Severity: 3-Major
Coping images with special characters in the filename to /var/import/staging causes the sw-mgmt service to exit. The system is unable to change versions.
sw-mgmt service is exiting, and the system will not upgrade.
Copy or import an image with special characters in the filename to /var/import/staging. Then, try to upgrade.
Remove the image the special characters using the commands below in a bash prompt: chattr -i /var/import/staging/<iso with special characters> rm -rf /var/import/staging/<iso with special characters> Then, restart sw-mgmt.service: systemctl restart sw-mgmt.service
We have modified sw-mgmt to remove any images containing special characters.