Bug ID 515690: BD crash on stratup due to memory corruption

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 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 HF3

Opened: Apr 01, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K91142503

Symptoms

BD process doesn't start up. The process goes down while starting up with or without a timeout message. If a core doesn't exist, you might see the following messages: BD_MISC|NOTICE|...|temp_func.c:0904|CONFIG_TYPE_XML_PROFILES table was read successfully. ack num = 15 BD_MISC|CRIT |...|main.c:0267|Timeout detected while waiting for configuration. time since last config: 60 BD aborting Also, there is a glibc error in ts_debug.log file.

Impact

System does not start up and remains offline (or starts up for a very short time and goes down again).

Conditions

A JSON or XML profile exists on the system.

Workaround

Remove JSON and XML profiles from all the policies.

Fix Information

Fixed a memory corruption issue related to JSON or XML profile in configuration.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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