Bug ID 898741: Missing critical files causes FIPS-140 system to halt upon boot

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(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, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.1, 14.1.2.7

Opened: Apr 14, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After activating a FIPS 140-2 license on a device and rebooting, the device fails to boot.

Impact

System halts during boot because of sys-eicheck.py failure.

Conditions

-- Device is licensed for FIPS 140 mode -- A critical system file is missing

Workaround

Prior to rebooting into FIPS 140-2 mode, ensure that there are no missing critical files by running the sys-eicheck command. If the missing files are due to missing signature update files: - Manually upload the missing images in System ›› Software Management : Live Update - this will ensure that the image is associated with an installation record.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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