Bug ID 614296: Dynamic routing process ripd may core

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Sep 02, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K81321366

Symptoms

As a result of a known issue the dynamic routing protocol daemon ripd, used for the RIP protocol may produce a core file when configuring it to use a interface configured with multiple self IP addresses on different subnets on the same VLAN.

Impact

ripd will core and the configuration will not be allowed.

Conditions

- Use the RIP dynamic routing on an affected version. - Have multiple self IP addresses belonging to different subnets on the same VLAN - Add one of the subnets with the network command within the "router RIP" stanza.

Workaround

Configure one subnet/self IP address per VLAN.

Fix Information

ripd no longer cores when configured with multiple subnets on the same VLAN.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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