Bug ID 2567321: Applications that set tiny SO_SNDBUF values may experience a tcp connection stall from the Linux host

Last Modified: Oct 20, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 17.5.1.5, 17.5.1.6, 17.5.1.8, 17.5.1.9, 17.5.1.10, 21.1.0, 21.1.0.1, 21.1.0.2, 21.1.0.3

Opened: Oct 08, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If there is packet loss on the network, applications that use smaller send buffers may experience a tcp socket hang. This has been observed on ASM ICAP traffic.

Impact

Under certain conditions ICAP data may stop being sent to the ICAP server.

Conditions

-- Traffic emanating from the BIG-IP Linux host -- ASM ICAP

Workaround

Delete the affected / stalled connections via tmsh Disable GSO (generic-segmentation-offload) on the vlan towards the ICAP servers.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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