Bug ID 694717: Potential memory leak and TMM crash due to a PEM iRule command resulting in a remote lookup.

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 hf1, 13.0.0 hf2, 13.0.0 hf3, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.4, 13.0.1, 12.1.3.2

Opened: Nov 15, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

TMM crashes

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

PEM iRule command that would result in an inter-TMM lookup on a long lived flow that would result in the PEM iRule command being hit several times. For example, a long lived flow with multiple HTTP transactions.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Always release the connFlow reference associated with the TCL command to avoid a memory leak and potential crash.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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