Bug ID 468834: Connection with early FIN not removed from table when using FastL4

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Jun 25, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Related Article: K25414236

Symptoms

FastL4 connection is not immediately removed after connection closure.

Impact

Closed connections remain until idle timeout expiry.

Conditions

FastL4 profile with a client that sends FIN-ACK for SYN-ACK from server, and there is no connection mirroring configured.

Workaround

Use TCP profile instead FastL4 profile, or enable connection mirroring.

Fix Information

Connection with early FIN when using FastL4 is now handled properly, so that FastL4 connections are immediately removed after connection closure.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips