Bug ID 470235: The HTTP explicit proxy may leak memory in some cases

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.4

Opened: Jul 03, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

When the HTTP explicit proxy generates error pages it may leak memory in some cases.

Impact

The TMM's available memory will slowly decrease over time.

Conditions

The HTTP explicit proxy is used, and an error occurs that triggers an error page to be generated.

Workaround

Using a smaller error page may make the memory leak less likely.

Fix Information

The HTTP Explicit proxy feature will no longer leak memory when error pages are generated.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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