Bug ID 525595: Memory leak of inbound sockets in restjavad.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5

Fixed In:
11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.3 HF2

Opened: May 28, 2015

Severity: 1-Blocking

Related Article: K38134424

Symptoms

restjavad might run out of memory due to inactive sockets piling up in memory. The symptom will be 'Out of memory' messages in the /var/logrestjavad.0.log and any new rest calls will fail. The URL that fails is random.

Impact

Memory leak of inbound sockets in restjavad. restjavad becomes inoperative.

Conditions

Occurs after a few hours of use.

Workaround

Restart restjavad with the following command: bigstart restart restjavad. Note: You can run the command periodically from a cron script.

Fix Information

Inbound sockets in restjavad no longer causes a memory leak.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips