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High CPU on Cisco 2960 caused by process HLFM address learning

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    I have been checking a switch for high CPU Util, below is the output of the processes.  I added bpduguard to all the access ports which were missing looked like a BPDU flood,  this did not fix the issue.  It is a Cisco C2960. Any ideas guys on the fix.  I rebooted the switch it cleared the process, is there anything else I can do other than rebooting the switch in the furure ?

CPU utilization for five seconds: 90%/0%; one minute: 88%; five minutes: 85%
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  64  1027439852 588315945       1746 58.12% 62.86% 59.45%   0 HLFM address lea
 187   274811181  37798433       7270 14.01% 12.62% 12.41%   0 Inline Power
 123     4662298  23761507        196  5.25%  0.42%  0.08%   0 Auth Manager
 108  1581934791 450359134       3512  4.13%  4.02%  4.41%   0 Hulc LED Process
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Craig Beck

8/22/2022 - Mon
Predrag Jovic

It could be Cisco bug (there were problems with CPU spikes and memory leaks in some IOS versions), so it can be IOS version dependent. You can try to upgrade or downgrade IOS version.
What is output from
# sh version
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Thanks Predrag, below is the Sh ver output.

UKSWLINC001#sh vers
Cisco IOS Software, C2960 Software (C2960-LANBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(50)SE5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2010 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 28-Sep-10 13:44 by prod_rel_team
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x01400000

ROM: Bootstrap program is C2960 boot loader
BOOTLDR: C2960 Boot Loader (C2960-HBOOT-M) Version 12.2(46r)SE2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

UKSWLINC001 uptime is 5 hours, 24 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 10:47:12 UTC Wed Sep 21 2016
System image file is "flash:/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-50.SE5/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-50.SE5.bin"


This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United
States and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and
use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply
third-party authority to import, export, distribute or use encryption.
Importers, exporters, distributors and users are responsible for
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A summary of U.S. laws governing Cisco cryptographic products may be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to
export@cisco.com.

cisco WS-C2960-48PST-L (PowerPC405) processor (revision F0) with 65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC1516W2DF
Last reset from power-on
3 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
48 FastEthernet interfaces
4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

64K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address       : 88:F0:77:86:97:80
Motherboard assembly number     : 73-11882-10
Power supply part number        : 341-0266-03
Motherboard serial number       : FOC151524M4
Power supply serial number      : LIT15080WA2
Model revision number           : F0
Motherboard revision number     : A0
Model number                    : WS-C2960-48PST-L
System serial number            : FOC1516W2DF
Top Assembly Part Number        : 800-30874-05
Top Assembly Revision Number    : A0
Version ID                      : V04
CLEI Code Number                : CMMD410ARA
Hardware Board Revision Number  : 0x01


Switch Ports Model              SW Version            SW Image
------ ----- -----              ----------            ----------
*    1 52    WS-C2960-48PST-L   12.2(50)SE5           C2960-LANBASEK9-M
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