Bug ID 507327: Programs that read stats can leak memory on errors reading files

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

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Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.2.1, 11.4.1, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 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, 11.5.10, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF9, 11.2.1 HF15

Opened: Feb 16, 2015
Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Daemons that read statistics might leak memory over time so the amount of memory they use continues to grow.

Impact

Eventually the daemon or system might run out of memory.

Conditions

There is an error reading a statistics file. For example, permissions on the file or directory prohibit access.

Workaround

Remove anything causing an error reading a stats file such as deleting unneeded files or fixing permissions.

Fix Information

A memory leak reading stats has been fixed.

Behavior Change