Bug ID 738046: SERVER_CONNECTED fires at wrong time for FastL4 mirrored connections on standby

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 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, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 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, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 13.1.1.4, 12.1.5

Opened: Jul 24, 2018

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

For FastL4 connections, SERVER_CONNECTED currently doesn't fire on the standby device. If the standby device then becomes active, the first packet from the server on an existing FastL4 connection causes SERVER_CONNECTED to fire. Depending on what the iRule does in SERVER_CONNECTED, a variety of results can occur, including TMM coring due to commands being executed in unexpected states.

Impact

SERVER_CONNECTED does not fire when expected on standby device. When the standby device becomes active, the SERVER_CONNECTED iRule may cause TMM to core with traffic being disrupted while TMM restarts.

Conditions

-- High availability configuration. -- Mirrored FastL4 virtual server. -- Attached iRule contains a SERVER_CONNECTED event.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

SERVER_CONNECTED now fires when expected on the standby device.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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