Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4
Fixed In:
12.1.0
Opened: Aug 20, 2015 Severity: 3-Major Related Article:
K16414704
netHSM usage may fail for Safenet users with error message in the ltm log similar to the following: warning tmm1[11930]: 01260009:4: Connection error: ssl_hs_vfy_sign_srvkeyxchg:9678: sign_srvkeyxchg (80). info tmm1[11930]: 01260013:6: SSL Handshake failed for TCP 10.10.0.1:59513 -> 10.10.1.150:20001. warning pkcs11d[12005]: 01680022:4: Crypto operation [2] failed. crit tmm1[11930]: 01260010:2: FIPS acceleration device failure: fips_poll_completed_reqs: req: 56 status: 0x1 : Cancel.
SSL handshake failure with a message similar to the following: SSL Handshake failed for TCP 10.10.0.1:59513 -> 10.10.1.150:20001.
This may happen for any of the following conditions: -- Restart pkcs11d without starting tmm immediately after. -- Network connection between the BIG-IP and HSM is interrupted and then restored. -- HSM is rebooted without being followed by a restart to pkcs11d and tmm.
For Safenet, always restart tmm after restarting pkcs11d. To do so, run the following commands: bigstart restart pkcs11d bigstart restart tmm When the networking to HSM is restored or after a HSM reboot, always run the following commands: bigstart restart pkcs11d bigstart restart tmm
After restarting pkcs11d, Safenet connections no longer fails with the message 'cannot locate key'.