Bug ID 710755: TMM crash when route information becomes stale and the system accesses stale information.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 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, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.1.2, 12.1.4

Opened: Mar 19, 2018

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K30572159

Symptoms

The crash happens intermittently when the route information becomes stale and the system accesses the stale information.

Impact

This condition can lead to a crash as the route information is no longer valid, and can lead to illegal memory access. Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

Route information is stale. This usually happens when a connection is waiting for a reply, and in-between route information (applicable for both static and dynamic routes) becomes stale (e.g., change of network-related configuration). If the connection is already filled with old route information, accessing that can cause this crash

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The system now fetches the latest egress route/interface information before accessing it.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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