VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-4411

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references