Bug ID 691706: HTTP2/SPDY profile can cause orphaned connections

Last Modified: Jan 16, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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, 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, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.6, 12.1.3.4, 11.6.3.3

Opened: Oct 31, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

When tearing down a HTTP2 connection, which is composed of a clientside HTTP2 connection and 'n' serverside HTTP1.1 connections, the system might leave a subset of the 'n' serverside HTTP1.1 connection behind. Those left behind connections are still referencing the clientside PCB, which might result in a crash should they ever be expired, e.g., due to an AFM firewall policy change triggering the sweeper.

Impact

Orphaned connections might result in various behaviors, from a small memory leak to a tmm restart, which has the possibility of disrupting traffic.

Conditions

-- HTTP2 leaves serverside connections behind. -- AFM firewall policy change occurs that triggers the sweeper.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

HTTP2/SPDY profile no longer causes orphaned connections, so this issue no longer occurs.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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