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BugZero | Cisco BugID CSCvr17167 - High memory utilization under "ezman" due to exces...

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Cisco
CSCvr17167

Cisco - Defect ID: CSCvr17167

High memory utilization under "ezman" due to excessive parity error logging

ODD
Cisco
CSCvr17167

Cisco - Defect ID: CSCvr17167

High memory utilization under "ezman" due to excessive parity error logging

Last updated on January 5th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score
9.7 High

Overall: 9.7

Severity: 10.0

Lifecycle: 9.1

Popularity: 6.9

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Bug Details

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Description

Symptom

Memory held by the "ezman" process increases over time. This can be observed with the output of "show process memory platform sorted." When checked periodically, we will notice an increase in the RSS value for ezman.

Conditions

A parity error in the EZchip is detected and logged repeatedly to the ezman tracelogs. Only certain platforms that make use of the EZchip see this, such as: ASR1001-HX ASR1002-HX ASR1006-X ASR1009-X

Workaround

No workaround is available at this time.

Further Problem Description

TAC needs to confirm the bug by collecting and decoding the ezman tracelogs.

Change history

2025-08-05 Added: 16.6.3

Relevant Products

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Affected versions:16.6.3

Fixed versions: 16.12.10, 16.12.10a, 16.12.11, 16.12.12, 16.12.13, 16.12.14, 16.12.2, 16.12.2a, 16.12.2s, 16.12.2t, 16.12.3, 16.12.3a, 16.12.3s, 16.12.4, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.5a, 16.12.5b, 16.12.6, 16.12.6a, 16.12.7, 16.12.8, 16.12.9, 16.6.10, 16.6.8, 16.6.9, 16.9.5, 16.9.5f, 16.9.6, 16.9.7, 16.9.8, 16.9.8a, 16.9.8b, 17.05.01c, 17.1.1, 17.1.1a, 17.1.1s, 17.1.1t, 17.1.2, 17.1.3, 17.10.1, 17.10.1a, 17.10.1b, 17.11.1, 17.11.1a, 17.12.02a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.12.1w, 17.12.1x, 17.12.1y, 17.12.1z, 17.12.1z1, 17.12.1z2, 17.12.1z3, 17.12.1z4, 17.12.2, 17.12.2a, 17.12.3, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5, 17.12.5a, 17.12.5b, 17.12.5c, 17.12.5d, 17.12.6, 17.12.6a, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b, 17.15.1w, 17.15.1x, 17.15.1y, 17.15.1z, 17.15.2, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2b, 17.15.2c, 17.15.3, 17.15.3a, 17.15.3b, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.15.4b, 17.15.4c, 17.15.4s1, 17.16.1, 17.16.1a, 17.17.1, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a, 17.18.1w, 17.2.1, 17.2.1LA, 17.2.1a, 17.2.1r, 17.2.1v, 17.2.2, 17.2.3, 17.3.1, 17.3.1a, 17.3.1w, 17.3.1x, 17.3.1z, 17.3.2, 17.3.2a, 17.3.3, 17.3.3a, 17.3.4, 17.3.4a, 17.3.4b, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.6, 17.3.7, 17.3.8, 17.3.8a, 17.4.1, 17.4.1a, 17.4.1b, 17.4.1c, 17.4.2, 17.4.2a, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.5.1b, 17.5.1c, 17.6.1, 17.6.1a, 17.6.1w, 17.6.1x, 17.6.1y, 17.6.1z, 17.6.1z1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.6.5, 17.6.5a, 17.6.6, 17.6.6a, 17.6.7, 17.6.8, 17.6.8a, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.1b, 17.7.2, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.1a, 17.9.1w, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1x1, 17.9.1y, 17.9.1y1, 17.9.2, 17.9.2a, 17.9.3, 17.9.3a, 17.9.4, 17.9.4a, 17.9.5, 17.9.5a, 17.9.5b, 17.9.5c, 17.9.5d, 17.9.5e, 17.9.5f, 17.9.6, 17.9.6a, 17.9.6b, 17.9.7, 17.9.7a, 17.9.7b, 17.9.8

Relevant Products

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Affected versions:16.6.3

Fixed versions: 16.12.10, 16.12.10a, 16.12.11, 16.12.12, 16.12.13, 16.12.14, 16.12.2, 16.12.2a, 16.12.2s, 16.12.2t, 16.12.3, 16.12.3a, 16.12.3s, 16.12.4, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.5a, 16.12.5b, 16.12.6, 16.12.6a, 16.12.7, 16.12.8, 16.12.9, 16.6.10, 16.6.8, 16.6.9, 16.9.5, 16.9.5f, 16.9.6, 16.9.7, 16.9.8, 16.9.8a, 16.9.8b, 17.05.01c, 17.1.1, 17.1.1a, 17.1.1s, 17.1.1t, 17.1.2, 17.1.3, 17.10.1, 17.10.1a, 17.10.1b, 17.11.1, 17.11.1a, 17.12.02a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.12.1w, 17.12.1x, 17.12.1y, 17.12.1z, 17.12.1z1, 17.12.1z2, 17.12.1z3, 17.12.1z4, 17.12.2, 17.12.2a, 17.12.3, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5, 17.12.5a, 17.12.5b, 17.12.5c, 17.12.5d, 17.12.6, 17.12.6a, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b, 17.15.1w, 17.15.1x, 17.15.1y, 17.15.1z, 17.15.2, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2b, 17.15.2c, 17.15.3, 17.15.3a, 17.15.3b, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.15.4b, 17.15.4c, 17.15.4s1, 17.16.1, 17.16.1a, 17.17.1, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a, 17.18.1w, 17.2.1, 17.2.1LA, 17.2.1a, 17.2.1r, 17.2.1v, 17.2.2, 17.2.3, 17.3.1, 17.3.1a, 17.3.1w, 17.3.1x, 17.3.1z, 17.3.2, 17.3.2a, 17.3.3, 17.3.3a, 17.3.4, 17.3.4a, 17.3.4b, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.6, 17.3.7, 17.3.8, 17.3.8a, 17.4.1, 17.4.1a, 17.4.1b, 17.4.1c, 17.4.2, 17.4.2a, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.5.1b, 17.5.1c, 17.6.1, 17.6.1a, 17.6.1w, 17.6.1x, 17.6.1y, 17.6.1z, 17.6.1z1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.6.5, 17.6.5a, 17.6.6, 17.6.6a, 17.6.7, 17.6.8, 17.6.8a, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.1b, 17.7.2, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.1a, 17.9.1w, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1x1, 17.9.1y, 17.9.1y1, 17.9.2, 17.9.2a, 17.9.3, 17.9.3a, 17.9.4, 17.9.4a, 17.9.5, 17.9.5a, 17.9.5b, 17.9.5c, 17.9.5d, 17.9.5e, 17.9.5f, 17.9.6, 17.9.6a, 17.9.6b, 17.9.7, 17.9.7a, 17.9.7b, 17.9.8

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