Bug ID 578045: The HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST iRule event can cause the TMM to crash if pipelined ingress occurs when the iRule parks

Last Modified: Oct 07, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.0, 11.5.4 HF3

Opened: Mar 04, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The TMM crashes while resuming from a HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST event.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

A HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST iRule event parks. Pipelined ingress occurs.

Workaround

Don't use parking iRule commands within the HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST event. If a parking command must be used, the following may work: Try using TCP::collect to disable ingress while a potentially parking iRule command executes. TCP::release can be used after the command completes to restore normal behavior. Another work-around is to set max-requests to 1. (Disabling pipelining.)

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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