Bug ID 710424: Possible SIGSEGV in GTMD when GTM persistence is enabled.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP DNS, GTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0, 13.1.0.6, 12.1.3.4, 11.6.5.2

Opened: Mar 15, 2018

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K00874337

Symptoms

When GTM persistence is enabled, GTMD may occasionally crash and restart. The gtmd process reports a SIGSEGV when persistence is enabled. As a result of this issue, you may encounter one or more of the following symptoms: -- The gtmd process reports a SIGSEGV and produces a core file. -- The gtmd process restarts, which prevents clients from receiving answers to requests.

Impact

The gtmd process may occasionally restart, which prevents clients from receiving answers to requests.

Conditions

This issue occurs when the following condition is met: Persistence is enabled for the wide IP pools.

Workaround

Disable persistence on wide IP pools.

Fix Information

The gtmd process no longer crashes and restarts when persistence is enabled.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips