CVE-2011-3982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Fibre Channel driver for QLogic adapters in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 does not properly handle DMA resource limitations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via vectors that generate a large amount of DMA I/O, related to a deadlock in timer processing across CPUs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Aix Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3935	The Fibre Channel driver for QLogic adapters in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 does not properly handle DMA resource limitations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via vectors that generate a large amount of DMA I/O, related to a deadlock in timer processing across CPUs.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ94222
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ94383
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ94593
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ94675
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ96761
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0275
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0691
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67292

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-10-05T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.595Z

Reserved: 2011-10-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3982

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-10-05T02:56:24.787

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3982

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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