VMware NSX Edge node edge-agent service crashes due to segmentation fault

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• VMware NSX 4.1.x or VMware NSX Data Center 3.2.x are installed.
• The edge-agent crashes once and reloads.
• No functional impact is observed.
• A core dump will be observed in var/log/core/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  40K Apr 12 08:25 core.edge-agent.####.gz

  
  
• Logs similar to the below are encountered in var/log/kern.log
kernel - - - [4774198.410561] grsec: Segmentation fault occurred at 0000000000000000 in /opt/vmware/nsx-edge/bin/edge-agent[edge-agent:####] uid/euid:125/125 gid/egid:125/125, parent /usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v2[containerd-shim:4053] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0

 

 

Environment

VMware NSX 4.x

VMware NSX Data Center 3.x

Cause

The edge-agent process receives the details from the routing engine for EVPN routes. This issue occurs when the edge-agent receives an unexpected next-hop-group (NHG) ID from the routing engine, which can result in a crash.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.1 available at Broadcom Downloads.
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