Bug ID 580645: snmpd core dump due to null ifAlias name

Last Modified: Apr 11, 2024

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, 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:
12.1.0, 11.6.4

Opened: Mar 15, 2016

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

While processing a query to the IF-MIB's ifXTable, an snmpd core dump and restart occurred.

Impact

Minimal impact to SNMP queries. snmpd is automatically restarted.

Conditions

Occurs if the ifTable's ifAlias attribute is set to a NULL value.

Workaround

If the ifAlias for a given interface ifIndex has a NULL value, it can be changed to an empty string, or any string, using the snmpset command: snmpset -t30 -v2c -c public localhost IF-MIB::ifAlias.<ifIndex> s ""

Fix Information

snmpd has been modified to check for NULL ifAlias values before attempting to process a set/get SNMP query.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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