Bug ID 421566: logd service may core due to unsafe localtime() call

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM, ASM, AVR(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0

Fixed In:
11.5.0, 11.4.1, 11.4.0 HF3, 11.3.0 HF6, 11.2.1 HF8

Opened: May 21, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K14470

Symptoms

The logd process may use 100% CPU and prevent users from logging in.

Impact

Cosmetic.

Conditions

Under rare system recovery conditions the logd may core.

Workaround

none

Fix Information

logd service may core due to unsafe localtime() call. The root cause of the logd core has been corrected with thread save call to localtime_r().

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips