Bug ID 500234: TMM may core during failover due to invalid memory access in IPsec components

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP GTM(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, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 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

Opened: Jan 09, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16699

Symptoms

TMM cores when transitioning from standby to active.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

This might occur when the following conditions are met: -- An IPsec tunnel is enabled. -- The BIG-IP system is a member of an HA pair. -- The BIG-IP system transitions from standby to active.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Fixed a race condition that might have caused IPsec components to access previously freed memory.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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