Ibm aix QLogic adapter DMA resource Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Release date: 2011-10-11
Updated on: 2011-10-11

Affected Systems:
Ibm aix 7.1
Ibm aix 6.1
Description:
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Cve id: CVE-2011-3982

AIX is an open standard UNIX operating system that provides you with an enterprise information technology infrastructure.

The fiber Channel driver for ibm aix 6.1 and 7.1 QLogic adapters does not properly handle DMA resource limits, allowing local users to generate a large number of dma I/O (related CPU timer process deadlocks) and the system is suspended.

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Link: http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/76075
Http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss? Uid = isg1IZ94222
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

IBM
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Currently, the vendor does not provide patches or upgrade programs. We recommend that users who use the software follow the vendor's homepage to obtain the latest version:

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