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High memory usage seen under MallocLite when running the "show process memory sorted" command. The memory consumption increases over time, a pattern consistent with a memory leak. Router# show process memory sorted Processor Pool Total: 538384392 Used: 501666808 Free: 36717584 reserve P Pool Total: 102400 Used: 48 Free: 102352 lsmpi_io Pool Total: 3145264 Used: 3144292 Free: 972 PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process 0 0 0 0 203784040 0 0 *MallocLite* 142 0 632172000 636151264 85945592 0 0 SAMsgThread 0 0 117129368 23154824 84036004 0 0 *Init* Under "show memory allocating-process total" we find HTTP CORE and Smart Agent processes as the top allocators: Router# show memory allocating-process total Tracekey : 1#6b532f387017d1cba293f5d5e38e7853 Head Total(b) Used(b) Free(b) Lowest(b) Largest(b) Processor 42333028 538384392 502528780 35855612 35801968 419616 reserve P 42333058 102400 52 102348 102348 102348 lsmpi_io 4075D1D0 3145264 3144296 968 968 968 Allocator PC Summary for: Processor Total Count Name PC 168708440 464259 HTTP CORE :7AB000+828C748 58917780 1047 SAMsgThread :7AB000+11783E4 27147516 464 Crypto CA :7AB000+190FC54
The device must be configured with Smart Licensing using HTTPS encryption, such as through the Call-Home profile.
Reload the device to reset the memory leak and configure Smart Licensing using the Offline (Air-Gapped) mode.
The defect has a similar behavior and root cause as defect CSCwa85525, but was not fixed in 17.6.5. It's fixed in software releases after and including 17.9.1.
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