Bug ID 639674: Blackhole management routes don't work

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.1, 12.1.2, 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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Jan 17, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When a management route of type blackhole is added, Linux does not end up with any blackhole routes. For the default route, nothing is created. For more specific routes, an interface route out the management interface is created.

Impact

Management traffic will not be ignored and sent to the blackhole management route.

Conditions

Creating a blackhole management route.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

BIG-IP now allows blackhole management routes to be created.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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