Bug ID 926549: AFM rule loops when 'Send to Virtual' is used with Virtual Server iRule 'LB::reselect'

Last Modified: Dec 18, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 15.1.10.6, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1

Opened: Jul 13, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

With some configurations, executing a command such as 'tmsh show security firewall global-rules active' loops continuously, causing stat counters to rise, and possibly log messages to be written to /var/log/ltm.

Impact

The iRule loops continuously, causing stat counters to rise, and possibly logging messages in /var/log/ltm.

Conditions

-- AFM is routing traffic to a Virtual Server through the 'Send to Virtual' option. -- The target Virtual Server uses the 'LB_FAILED' iRule to select a new Virtual Server through virtual command and 'LB::reselect'.

Workaround

This configuration should be avoided, but if it is used, and if this does happen, you can restart tmm: bigstart restart tmm This stops the current looping, until it is triggered again. Impact of workaround: Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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