Bug ID 478617: Don't include maximum TCP options length in calculating MSS on ICMP PMTU.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 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, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 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 HF6, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF9, 11.2.1 HF15, 10.2.4 HF12

Opened: Sep 10, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16451

Symptoms

TCP segment size is 40 bytes less.

Impact

The impact of this issue is less data per TCP segment.

Conditions

ICMP implementation using Path MTU (PMTU)

Workaround

Disable Path MTU Discovery by doing the following, "tmsh modify sys db tm.enforcepathmtu value disable"

Fix Information

BIG-IP no longer includes maximum TCP options length in calculating MSS on ICMP PMTU.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips