Bug ID 684312: During Apply Policy action, bd agent crashes, causing the machine to go Offline

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.2, 12.1.3.2, 11.6.3.2

Opened: Sep 19, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K54140729

Symptoms

During Apply Policy action, bd agent crashes, causing with this error: -------------------- crit perl[21745]: 01310027:2: ASM subsystem error (bd_agent,): bd_agent exiting, error:[Bit::Vector::new_Dec(): input string syntax error at /usr/local/share/perl5/F5/CfgConvert.pm line 66, <$inf> line 1. ] -------------------- Causing bd and bd_agent processes restart, and causing the machine to go Offline.

Impact

bd and bd_agent processes restart, causing the machine to go Offline while the processes restart..

Conditions

-- ASM provisioned. -- Applying policy. -- Corrupted data was attempted to be loaded during an Apply Policy action.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

During Apply Policy action, bd agent no longer crashes when attempting to load corrupted data.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips