Bug ID 620366: Alertd can not open UDP socket upon restart

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(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, 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

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2 HF1

Opened: Oct 04, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

alertd fails to restart due to the following error: Sep 29 18:29:44 B2200-R76-S19 err alertd[16882]: 01100009:3: Couldn't open file UDP listener

Impact

alertd fails to restart

Conditions

alertd has spawned a long-running process (e.g. ntpd) which does not close inherited file descriptors.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Mark alertd file descriptors for automatic closure in child processes.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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