IBM has identified a vulnerability with IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS utilized on the Elastic Storage Server (ESS)/GPFS Storage Server (GSS) during testing of an unsupported configuration, where users applications are running on an active ESS I/O server node and utilize direct I/O to perform a read or a write to a Spectrum Scale file
Published Jun 21, 2017
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
IBM has identified a vulnerability with IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS utilized on the Elastic Storage Server (ESS)/GPFS Storage Server (GSS) during testing of an unsupported configuration, where users applications are running on an active ESS I/O server node and utilize direct I/O to perform a read or a write to a Spectrum Scale file. This vulnerability may result in the use of an incorrect memory address, leading to a Spectrum Scale/GPFS daemon failure with a Signal 11, and possibly leading to denial of service or undetected data corruption. IBM X-Force ID: 125458.
Affected products
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- Version 2.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 3.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 3.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 4.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 4.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 5.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Elastic Storage Server | n/a |
|
- 2.0.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.5
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.5
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.6
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.6
- 4.5.0
- 4.6.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 19.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00135) | 50.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00135) | 48.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00135) | 46.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 7.64% (0.07639) | 84.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.64% (0.07639) | 83.89th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 7.64% (0.07639) | 91.47th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 7.64% (0.07639) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1010230 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99274 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125458 x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1010230 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99274 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125458 | x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory |
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