Bug ID 773421: Server-side packets dropped with ICMP fragmentation needed when a OneConnect profile is applied

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 15.0.0, 15.0.1

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 15.0.1.1, 14.1.2.1, 13.1.3.2, 12.1.5.1

Opened: Apr 16, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When OneConnect is applied to a virtual server, the server-side packets larger than the client-side MTU may be dropped.

Impact

The BIG-IP system rejects server-side ingress packets larger than the client-side MTU, with an ICMP fragmentation needed message. Connections could hang if the server ignores ICMP fragmentation needed and still sends TCP packets with larger size.

Conditions

-- If the client-side MTU is smaller than server-side (either via Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD), or by manually configuring the client-side VLAN). -- OneConnect is applied. -- proxy-mss is enabled (the default value starting in v12.0.0).

Workaround

Disable proxy-mss in the configured TCP profile.

Fix Information

OneConnect prevents sending ICMP fragmentation needed messages to servers.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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