Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 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, 11.6.2, 11.5.6
Opened: Mar 12, 2015 Severity: 2-Critical Related Article:
K46811087
There are times when LTM Policy subsystem attempts to execute particular actions, which fail and result in LTM Policy writing an error to the logs with an error type of ERR_UNKNOWN.
This is a case of unnecessary logging, and there is no adverse effect other than a higher-than-normal amount of logging.
While not limited only to the ASM module, this has been observed when ASM is active and experiencing high traffic volumes. The logging of ERR_UNKNOWN occurs when filters and plug-ins experience failures (such as out of memory) and react by initiating a reset of the connection. When these filters and plug-ins return an error to LTM Policy, LTM Policy logs ERR_UNKNOWN, as it should.
None.
Before logging ERR_UNKNOWN, LTM Policy now checks to see whether a filter or plug-in has marked the connection to be reset. If the connection is about to be reset, then ERR_UNKNOWN is not logged.