Bug ID 666401: Memory might become corrupted when a Standby device transitions to Active during failover

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 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, 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

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.7, 11.6.3.2

Opened: May 24, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K03294104

Symptoms

When a failover event occurs with connection mirroring enabled, it is possible for memory to be corrupted when the Standby device transitions to Active.

Impact

Tmm might crash. Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

-- Active-Standby high availability configuration. -- Virtual server configured with the type set to 'Standard'. -- Connection mirroring enabled.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Memory is no longer corrupted.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips