Bug ID 2452089: TMM crashes with FIPS enabled License

Last Modified: Sep 01, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
21.1.0.1

Opened: Aug 05, 2026

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

TMM experiences crashes on certain platforms with a FIPS enabled license

Impact

TMM instability and restart loop

Conditions

- FIPS-enabled license on platforms that do not support the CPU feature BMI2 - This may rarely include CPUs used on hypervisor systems, but more often will be due to virtualization software not exposing the BMI2 feature set to the guest vCPUs. F5 r2xx and r4xx lack BMI2.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips