Bug ID 510381: bcm56xxd might core when restarting due to bundling config change.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 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, 11.6.1, 11.5.4, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Mar 03, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K00245249

Symptoms

A race condition exists where bcm56xxd might core while restarting due to a bundling configuration change if it is still processing other config messages from MCP. This affects all platforms that support interface bundling.

Impact

Unnecessary core file produced since the daemon is restarting anyway.

Conditions

Interface bundling change requiring a restart while still processing configuration messages.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Fixed possible race condition which resulted in a bcm56xxd core.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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