Bug ID 1205577: The platform_mgr core dumps on token renewal intermittently

Last Modified: Aug 28, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 15.1.8.1

Opened: Dec 06, 2022

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The platform_mgr core dumps on token renewal.

Impact

The platform_agent core is dumped and configuration related to the tenant will be re-fetched on platform_agent startup.

Conditions

On token renewal, gRPC adds additional characters to the token buffer in the initial metadata of the gRPC channel.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Token renewal handling has been modified to consider the length of the token based on its initial metadata in the gRPC channel.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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