Bug ID 623055: Kernel panic during unic initialization

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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 17, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

During system initialization, the kernel panics during unic initialization.

Impact

The kernel panics, system will not boot.

Conditions

This can occur on BIG-IP Virtual Edition if an error (on memory allocation, io etc.) occurs during unic initialization.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Initialize resources to fail gracefully on error.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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