CVE-2011-3982 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Fibre Channel driver in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 when used with QLogic adapters. The flaw stems from improper handling of DMA resource limitations, leading to a system hang due to a deadlock in timer processing across CPUs. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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