Bug ID 490482: Applying Access Policy with an unused macro crashes TMM.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(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 HF4

Opened: Nov 13, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16638

Symptoms

When an Access Policy has a macro attached but does not use the macro anywhere, applying the Access Policy crashes TMM.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

Access Policy that has a macro attached but is not using the macro at any point in the policy.

Workaround

Delete all unused macros.

Fix Information

Access Policy can now successfully contain a macro attached but does not use the macro anywhere.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips