Bug ID 574781: APM Network Access IPV4/IPV6 virtual may leak memory

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 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, 11.6.0, 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 HF2

Opened: Feb 19, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Observation of performance graphs shows increasing TMM memory usage over time. Specifically, xhead and xdata caches grow over time. Additionally, the ppp_npmode_errors in the ppp stat table will increment with each leak.

Impact

Memory leakage over time leads to performance degradation and possible traffic outage.

Conditions

APM virtual with Network Access configured with IPV4 and IPv6.

Workaround

No workaround short of not enabling IPv6.

Fix Information

APM Network Access now correctly manages its memory resources.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips