Bug ID 534052: VLAN failsafe triggering on standby leaks memory

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.3.0 HF8, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.4.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.6.1 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, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.1, 11.5.4, 11.4.1 HF10

Opened: Jul 17, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K17150

Symptoms

Memory is leaked when VLAN failsafe is active and sending ICMP probes.

Impact

Memory leak causing aggressive sweeper and eventually TMM crash on standby.

Conditions

VLAN failsafe active and sending ICMP probes on standby and configured with failsafe-action failover.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Memory is no longer leaked when VLAN failsafe is active and sending ICMP probes.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips