Bug ID 465893: Flow may not be dropped when gate status is disabled

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2 HF1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1 HF2

Opened: Jun 06, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16658

Symptoms

The flow may continue to persist even if the gate status is disabled which means the traffic flow shall be dropped.

Impact

The customer may observe that flows are not dropped even though the gate status is disabled (given that classification is disabled at the same time).

Conditions

This issue occurs when the gate status is disabled, and classification is disabled.

Workaround

The work around is to make sure the classification is not disabled.

Fix Information

The issue has been fixed that the traffic flow will be dropped even if both gate status and classification is disabled. The action to drop was not applied as it is a delayed action. Adjusted the flag to apply the action.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips