Bug ID 583475: The BIG-IP may core while recompiling LTM policies

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3, 11.6.5.2

Opened: Mar 28, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In some rare and still unknown situations the BIG-IP Mcpd process may core when creating or modifying LTM policies. While the root cause of the crash is not fully understood at this time, one of the symptoms points to a nonexistent or invalid LTM policy.

Impact

The BIG-IP control plane services restart thus affecting both, control plane and data plane functionality.

Conditions

Creating or modifying LTM policies.

Workaround

A possible workaround could be to attempt re-creating the LTM policy producing the crash under a different name. Avoid any special characters (or spaces) in the name of the LTM policy.

Fix Information

Not fixed yet.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips