Bug ID 545525: Outdated IP reputation database may cause tmm assertion

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(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, 11.5.5, 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: Sep 11, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The BIG-IP system may temporarily fail to process traffic as it recovers from TMM restarting.

Impact

The BIG-IP system may temporarily fail to process traffic as it recovers from TMM restarting.

Conditions

Auto updates of the IP reputation database.

Workaround

As a workaround, you can disable auto updates of the IP reputation database (See SOL13875). If/When they'd like to update it, they can turn on auto updates, wait for a new version to be downloaded, disable auto updates and then run the following command which will forcibly reload the database: tmsh load sys iprep

Fix Information

TMM no longer restarts when the IP reputation database is being updated.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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