Bug ID 523079: Merged may crash when file descriptors exhausted

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.0.0, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.2.1, 11.4.1, 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, 12.1.0 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, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF10, 11.2.1 HF15, 10.2.4 HF12

Opened: May 13, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The merged daemon crashes.

Impact

Merged crashes leaving a core file. The collection of system stats and merging of blade stats will not work until merged restarts.

Conditions

The limit on file descriptors is exceeded.

Workaround

Monitor the system file descriptor use and avoid exceeding the limit.

Fix Information

Fixed a crash bug in Merged.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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