Bug ID 470191: Virtual with FastL4 with loose initiation and close enabled might result in TMM core

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 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, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.5.2

Opened: Jul 02, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K15760

Symptoms

Virtual with FastL4, loose initiation and loose close enabled might result in TMM core.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

The problem can occur when the following conditions are met: - Virtual server with FastL4 profile. - FastL4 profile has loose initiation and loose close enabled. - TCP FIN is received that is not associated with an existing connection.

Workaround

Do not enable loose initiation and loose close on FastL4 profile

Fix Information

FastL4 component now validates existence of connection peer upon reception of TCP FIN.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips