Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS
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, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1
Fixed In:
14.1.0, 12.1.4
Opened: Jan 31, 2018 Severity: 3-Major
Occasionally, tmsh processes are orphaned when a user connects to the BIG-IP system via SSH, runs commands, and then quits the session or disconnects. An orphaned tmsh process will have a parent pid (PPID) of 1. You can check for orphaned tmsh processes using the following shell command: /bin/ps -o pid,ppid,comm -C tmsh PID PPID COMMAND 8255 1 tmsh If this issue occurs often enough, it might cause the BIG-IP system to run out of memory.
Orphaned tmsh processes are created, which might eventually lead to an out-of-memory condition, if it occurs often enough.
-- Using tmsh to connect to the BIG-IP system via SSH. -- Running commands. -- Quitting the session or disconnecting.
There are several workarounds for this issue: -- Change the default shell to bash for users that are going to use the script. -- Use iControl. -- Kill orphaned tmsh processes.
tmsh processes are no longer orphaned when a user connects to the BIG-IP system via SSH, runs commands, and then quits the session or disconnects under these conditions.