Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1
Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.2
Opened: Dec 07, 2016 Severity: 3-Major
When a high volume traffic is sent to a BIG-IP system, the Broadcom network switch driver might fail. The failure occurs because the switch driver is preempted (by tmm) from completing a long chip reprogramming routine and touching a watchdog. Sod, which monitors the watchdog, thinks the switch driver has become nonfunctional and kills it.
Potential eventual system outage if the Broadcom switch driver fails.
A very high volume traffic is sent to a BIG-IP system under certain circumstances.
None.
A spurious Broadcom switch driver failure is not possible anymore.