Bug ID 771173: FastL4 profile syn-cookie-enable attribute is not being rolled forward correctly.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 15.0.1.3, 14.1.2.5, 13.1.3

Opened: Apr 10, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The system does not roll forward the FastL4 profile syn-cookie-enable attribute after upgrading from 12.x to 13.x and beyond.

Impact

If syn cookies are explicitly disabled on a FastL4 profile prior to upgrading, they may be enabled. FastL4 profiles with default values for "hardware-syn-cookie" (enabled) and "software-syn-cookie" (disabled) prior to upgrading will have "syn-cookie-enable" set to "disabled" on first boot after upgrading.

Conditions

This happens when upgrading from 12.x to 13.x and beyond.

Workaround

You can fix the configuration by modifying it manually after upgrading. In tmsh: tmsh modify ltm profile fastl4 <profile_name> syn-cookie-enable <enabled|disabled>

Fix Information

N/A

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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