Bug ID 479176: TMM hangs and receives SIGABRT due to race condition during DNS db load

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Sep 12, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16824

Symptoms

The TMM attempts a DNS db load while starting.

Impact

One thread hangs indefinitely and tmm receives a SIGABRT after a period of time.

Conditions

This is a potential race condition that might occur intermittently after the restart.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

This release fixes a potential race condition that occurred during DNS db load.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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