Bug ID 706169: tmsh memory leak

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0.3, 13.1.1.2

Opened: Feb 09, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

tmsh is leaking approximately 24 KB for every 'save sys config' call.

Impact

This results in a memory leak, and a possible out-of-memory condition.

Conditions

this occurs under the following conditions: -- In tmsh, run the following command repeatedly: save sys config -- In the GUI, modify the configuration and click Update, change pages, or otherwise cause a save to the configuration.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

tmsh no longer leaks memory when performing configuration-save operations.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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