Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale where an unprivileged user to cause denial of service in kernel ( CVE-2020-4411)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service. A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4411
**DESCRIPTION:**The Spectrum Scale 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.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179986 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.3

IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.21

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3, apply V5.0.4.4 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.4&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.3.21, apply V4.2.3.22 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.2.3&platform=All&function=all

If you cannot apply the latest level of service, contact IBM Service for an efix:

- For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 thru V5.0.4.3, reference APAR IJ23784
- For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.3.21, reference APAR IJ23757

Workarounds and Mitigations

None