Bug ID 514521: Rare TMM Cores with TCP SACK and Early Retransmit

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 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

Opened: Mar 26, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16417

Symptoms

In certain isolated cases, TCP profiles with Early Retransmit and SACK enabled will cause a TMM Crash.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

The connection is not in fast recovery but a SACK hole has been retransmitted.

Workaround

Disable Early Retransmit in the TCP profile.

Fix Information

Early retransmit now handles corner cases where the SACK scoreboard is empty.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips