CVE-2020-4411

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Spectrum Scale
PublishedMay 19, 2020
First seenMay 19, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm spectrum_scale4.2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.2.3.21, 5.0.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.0.4.3—

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