Bug ID 460945: Memory leak when changing a policy that is in use by a virtual server

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.2, 11.4.1 HF6

Opened: May 06, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16084

Symptoms

There is a memory leak when changing a policy that is in use by a virtual server.

Impact

Upon every recompilation a small amount of memory is leaked in mcpd. If a policy is recompiled many times this can lead to memory exhaustion within mcpd which in turn causes a mcpd crash and BIG-IP system restart.

Conditions

When an LTM policy is being applied to a virtual server, the policy is compiled for efficient execution.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Memory no longer leaks when changing a policy that is in use by a virtual server.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips