Bug ID 1063597: Memory leak in rewrite in some cases when no pool is selected on virtual server

Last Modified: Oct 04, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Opened: Nov 22, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In some cases a memory leak may occur in rewrite when none of the pools are selected on a virtual server

Impact

Memory allocated to rewrite will not be released resulting in exhaustion of all the available memory and system becoming us-stable

Conditions

-- Rewrite profile added to a virtual server -- LTM pool not selected

Workaround

Ensure that a pool is always selected, this can be done by adding a default pool to the virtual server.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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