Bug ID 793045: File descriptor leak in net-snmpd while reading /shared/db/cluster.conf

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 15.0.0, 15.0.1

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 15.0.1.1, 14.1.2.1

Opened: Jun 13, 2019

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Net-snmpd is leaking the file descriptors during the SNMP traps add/delete via tmsh. Observe that the file descriptors used by snmpd increase using 'ls -l /proc/$(pidof snmpd)/fd' Following error is logging into /var/log/daemon.log err snmpd[5160]: /proc/stat: Too many open files

Impact

Failure of snmpd operations on BIG-IP systems.

Conditions

Perform add/delete on SNMP traps via tmsh.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

No longer leaks file descriptors in net-snmpd while reading /shared/db/cluster.conf.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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