Description
IBM has identified a vulnerability with IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS utilized on the Elastic Storage Server (ESS)/GPFS Storage Server (GSS) during testing of an unsupported configuration, where users applications are running on an active ESS I/O server node and utilize direct I/O to perform a read or a write to a Spectrum Scale file. This vulnerability may result in the use of an incorrect memory address, leading to a Spectrum Scale/GPFS daemon failure with a Signal 11, and possibly leading to denial of service or undetected data corruption. IBM X-Force ID: 125458.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125458
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1010230
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99274
Scores
CVSS v3
6.2
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (20)
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
2.0
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
2.5
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
3.0
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
3.5
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
4.0
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
4.5
IBM/Elastic Storage Server
5.0
ibm/elastic_storage_server
2.0.0
ibm/elastic_storage_server
2.5.0
ibm/elastic_storage_server
2.5.5
... and 10 more
Published
Jun 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026