Bug ID 489796: TMM cores when Woodside congestion control is used.

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, 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

Opened: Nov 10, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16298

Symptoms

In Woodside congestion control, the congestion window is used to calculate the minimum delay. During this calculation, if congestion window is 0, division by congestion window (0) causes a core during the calculation.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

The congestion window becomes 0.

Workaround

Use another congestion control rather than Woodside.

Fix Information

A TMM crash bug when using Woodside congestion control has been fixed. The issue was a division by 0 bug.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips