FKIE_CVE-2020-4411

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-05-19 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:19
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179986VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6209002Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179986VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6209002Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm spectrum_scale *
ibm spectrum_scale *
ibm aix -
linux linux_kernel -
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