CVE-2020-4411

HIGH

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0-4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0-5.0.4.3 - Denial of Service via Invalid Ioctl Arguments

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6209002
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179986

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 23.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_scale 4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.21
Published May 19, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026