CVE-2020-4492
MEDIUMIBM 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: llmDescription
IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.3 and V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.21 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service crashing the kernel by sending a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments. IBM X-Force ID: 181992.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6324249
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181992
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
23.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-88
Status
published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_scale
4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.21
Published
Aug 31, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026