Why are the SCTP sockets in CLOSE state even after the terminating the application in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and earlier?
Issue
- Why the SCTP association hangs in state CLOSE and is still active even after controlling application is shut-down ?
[root@server ~]# netstat -apn|grep 2906
sctp 0 0 10.xx.xx.26:2906 192.yy.yy.19:2905 CLOSE
sctp 0 0 10.xx.xx.26:2906 192.yy.yy.20:2905 CLOSE
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 or earlier
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- SCTP (Streaming Control Transmission Protocol)
- Kernel memory pressure
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