Bug ID 455138: Misconfiguring a tunnel may result in memory leak

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.2 HF1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1 HF5

Opened: Apr 01, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K15980

Symptoms

Memory leak may occur if the route for the remote endpoint of a tunnel is misconfigured (for example, when an NVGRE tunnel endpoint isn't reachable).

Impact

Memory leak could lead to system reboot.

Conditions

The route for the remote endpoint of a tunnel is misconfigured.

Workaround

Make sure that the route for the remote endpoint of a tunnel is properly configured.

Fix Information

Fixed a memory leak that occurred when the route for the remote endpoint of a tunnel was misconfigured.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips