Bug ID 930741: Truncated or incomplete upload of a BIG-IP image causes kernel lockup and reboot

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 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, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 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, 15.1.1, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.2, 14.1.3.1, 13.1.3.6

Opened: Jul 24, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If there is a truncated BIG-IP software image in /shared/images, a kernel lockup and reboot could occur. One way to have a truncated image in /shared/images is by using iControl/SOAP to upload the image. Using SOAP, the image is uploaded in chunks, so until the last chunk is uploaded, the image is not complete/is truncated.

Impact

Traffic disruption caused by the reboot.

Conditions

-- Truncated BIG-IP image in /shared/images -- Using SOAP to upload the image.

Workaround

If you are using SOAP to upload BIG-IP software images, upload them to /shared first and then move them to /shared/images.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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