Bug ID 641013: GRE tunnel traffic pinned to one TMM

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.4, 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, 13.0.0

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 12.1.2 HF1, 11.5.5

Opened: Jan 24, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

GRE tunnel traffic can be sent to one TMM if BIG-IP doesn't proxy the GRE tunnel and uses forwarding virtual to handle GRE tunnel traffic.

Impact

GRE tunnel traffic can overwhelm the one TMM and cause performance degradation.

Conditions

Use forwarding virtual to handle GRE tunnel traffic.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Improved GRE tunnel traffic handling so traffic does not overwhelm one TMM and cause performance degradation.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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