Bug ID 542097: Update to RHEL6 kernel

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 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, 11.5.2 hf1, 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, 11.6.0, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2

Fixed In:
12.1.2, 11.6.2, 11.5.5

Opened: Aug 27, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Rare race condition between two (or more) threads operating on the same buffer_head/journal_head may cause a kernel panic

Impact

Unexpected machine reboot causing loss of service

Conditions

Running RHEL6 kernel under heavy disk load, more likely on a vCMP host

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Redhat provided an update to RHEL6.7 F5 backported to RHEL6.4, 6.5: jbd2: Fix oops in jbd2_journal_remove_journal_head() jbd: Fix oops in journal_remove_journal_head()

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips