Bug ID 515322: Intermittent TMM core when using DNS cache with forward zones

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.5.3

Opened: Mar 30, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

TMM can intermittently crash when using the DNS cache resolver.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

When a cache configuration is "removed" there are conditions where a refcount is not properly managed that would lead to memory being deleted before the last user is done with it.

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

TMM will no longer intermittently core when using the DNS cache resolver.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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