On All Junos Platforms enabling monitor traffic interface enabled on loopback can lead to kernel crash in rare timing scenario.
vmcore will be seen, post system crash
lab@xxx> show version detail no-forwarding Hostname:XXX Model: mx480 Junos: 22.4R1-S2.1
lab@xxx> show chassis routing-engine no-forwarding Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master (default) Temperature 33 degrees C / 91 degrees F CPU temperature 30 degrees C / 86 degrees F DRAM 16315 MB (16384 MB installed) Memory utilization 71 percent Model RE-S-1800x4 Serial ID 9009211977 Start time 2023-07-03 10:21:29 Uptime 1 hour, 4 minutes, 52 seconds Last reboot reason 0x100:reset from debugger Load averages: 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.45 0.61 0.91
lab@xxx> show system core-dumps no-forwarding -rw------- 1 root wheel 1630928896 Jul 3 10:24 /var/crash/vmcore.0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8 Jul 3 10:24 /var/crash/vmcore.last@ -> vmcore.0
Workaround: Do not enable monitor traffic/tcpdump on the loopback interface. https://prsearch.juniper.net/PR1753908 Need to take the fix of above PR. Resolved-In junos:20.3X75-D52 junos:20.4R3-S10 junos:21.2R3-S8 junos:22.1R3-S5 junos:22.2R3-S3 junos:22.3R3-S2 junos:22.4R3 junos:23.2R2 junos:23.4R1 junos:24.1R1