Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 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
Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.4
Opened: May 01, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
In a very rare occasion, a dynamic ARP entry may replace a static entry in non-primary TMM instances. When the BIG-IP system attempts to send packets to an address, "tmsh show net arp" lists two entries for the address: one static and the other shows up as "incomplete" status.
The issue may impact traffic flow if traffic goes through non-primary TMM instances.
The issue is due to a very rare race condition, and the BIG-IP system is configured with a static ARP entry.
There is no workaround but the issue is very rare to occur.
Dynamic ARP entry no longer replaces a static entry in non-primary TMM instances.