Description
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349
Scores
CVSS v3
4.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-409
Status
published
Products (1)
ibm/powervm_hypervisor
fw1050.00 - fw1050.30
Published
Mar 28, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026