Description

on EX4300, we observed routing subsystem failure and rpd related core-dumps observed.

Symptoms

On EX4300, we observe routing sub-system failure and rpd core dump were seen. The issue is seen when upgrading the device to 21.4R3 as shown below.


root@EX4300> show version detail no-forwarding


Hostname: EX4300

Model: ex4300-48p

Junos: 21.4R3-S9.5

JUNOS EX Software Suite [21.4R3-S9.5]

JUNOS FIPS mode utilities [21.4R3-S9.5]



root@EX4300> show system uptime no-forwarding


Current time: 2024-11-27 13:09:03 UTC

Time Source: LOCAL CLOCK

System booted: 2024-11-21 13:39:12 UTC (5d 23:29 ago)

Last configured: 2024-11-21 13:28:31 UTC (5d 23:40 ago) by aecore

 1:09PM up 5 days, 23:30, 3 users, load averages: 0.16, 0.16, 0.13


root@EX4300>


root@EX4300> show system core-dumps no-forwarding


/var/crash/*core*: No such file or directory

-rw-rw---- 1 root field  10225790 Nov 20 20:08 /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.0.tgz

-rw-rw---- 1 root field   12463 Nov 21 13:48 /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.1.tgz

/var/tmp/pics/*core*: No such file or directory

/var/crash/kernel.*: No such file or directory

/var/jails/rest-api/tmp/*core*: No such file or directory

-rw-rw---- 1 root field  10225790 Nov 20 20:08 /tftpboot/corefiles/rpd.core-tarball.0.tgz

-rw-rw---- 1 root field   12463 Nov 21 13:48 /tftpboot/corefiles/rpd.core-tarball.1.tgz

total files: 4



root@EX4300>


root@EX4300> show krt queue



error: the routing subsystem is not running



root@EX4300> show krt state



error: the routing subsystem is not running



root@EX4300> show route summary



error: the routing subsystem is not running



On receiving TLV with below prefix attributes, we can see the routing failure and rpd core-dumps.


root@EX4300> show isis database extensive | match prefix-att

   Prefix-Attribute-Flags: 0x20(X:0,R:0,N:1)



Solution

The issue will be fixed in later releases.

Modification History

2024-12-22 : DRAFT