Bug ID 604549: MPTCP connection not closed properly when the segment with DATA_FIN also DATA_ACKs data

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3.4

Opened: Jul 12, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If a DATA_FIN is received with a DATA_ACK that acknowledges data, the BIG-IP will not process the DATA_ACK and will not shutdown the connection properly as it thinks there is still outstanding data to be acknowledged.

Impact

The connection is not closed properly and eventually times out.

Conditions

A TCP profile with Multipath TCP enabled is attached to a virtual server, and a DATA_FIN that DATA_ACKs data is received on an MPTCP connection.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Fixed DATA_FIN handling.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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