Bug ID 485189: TMM might crash if unable to find persistence cookie

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 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, 11.6.0, 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:
11.5.2

Opened: Oct 17, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16187

Symptoms

TMM might crash and generate a core if unable to find persistence cookie.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

Although specific conditions for this issue are unknown, it is possibly due to having a virtual with cookie persistence enabled and iRules that disable persistence.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

TMM now verifies that a persistence cookie was successfully found before extracting it from HTTP responses.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips