Bug ID 587617: While adding GTM server, failure to configure new IP on existing server leads to gtmd core

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 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, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.5.7

Opened: Apr 14, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

gtmd core with SIGSEGV in selfip_needs_xlation.

Impact

gtmd cores. GTM unable to respond to DNS queries. DNS traffic disrupted while gtmd restarts.

Conditions

No GTM server object configured with existent selfip.

Workaround

Configure the GTM server object with an existent selfip. For more information, see K15671: The BIG-IP GTM system must use a local self IP address to define a server to represent the BIG-IP GTM system at https://support.f5.com/csp/#/article/K15671

Fix Information

gtmd will not core.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips