Bug ID 663531: TMM crashes when PPTP finds a non-ALG flow when checking for an existing tunnel

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.4

Opened: May 08, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

TMM crashes when PPTP finds a matching non-PPTP-GRE flow when checking for an existing tunnel.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

PPTP-ALG and CGNAT on a BIG-IP system when a GRE tunnel matches a PPTP-GRE flow

Workaround

Possible mitigation by not using a forwarding virtual for non-PPTP GRE traffic.

Fix Information

The system now drops the new flow/tunnel and allow it to clean up, so TMM no longer crashes when PPTP finds a non-PPTP-GRE flow when checking for an existing tunnel.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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