Bug ID 559973: Nitrox can hang on RSA verification

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 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, 11.6.0, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.4 HF3

Opened: Nov 25, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

With certain signatures, RSA verification can hang the Nitrox crypto accelerator chip. Errors in the ltm log show crit tmm[11041]: 01010260:2: Hardware Error(Co-Processor): n3-crypto2 request queue stuck

Impact

Nitrox crypto accelerator can hang.

Conditions

RSA verification with certain signatures.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The Nitrox crypto accelerator will no longer hang when performing RSA verification.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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