Bug ID 745397: Virtual server configured with FIX profile can leak memory.

Last Modified: Oct 07, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 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, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 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:
15.0.0, 14.1.0, 13.1.3.4

Opened: Sep 27, 2018

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

System memory increases with each transmitted FIX message. tmm crash.

Impact

Memory leak. Specifically, in the xdata cache. Potential traffic disruption while tmm restarts.

Conditions

-- Virtual server configured with a FIX profile. -- FIX profile specifies a message-log-publisher.

Workaround

If possible, discontinue use of message logging functionality. Removing the message-log-publisher from the FIX profile stops xdata growth.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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