Bug ID 753141: Hardware returning incorrect type of entry when notifying software might cause tmm crash

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP AFM(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, 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, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 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, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1

Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.4

Opened: Dec 14, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Potential tmm crash when hardware returns incorrect type of entry when notifying software.

Impact

tmm crashes and restart. Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

-- sPVA is not programmed with blacklist or greylist entries. -- Hardware returns an incorrect blacklist or greylist entry to the software.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

This release provides a defensive check in software to not crash, and to dump the hardware registers when this happens. This will help to debug the hardware better in the future.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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