CVE-2024-47102

Summary

CVE-2024-47102 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and 4.1. This issue enables a local, non-privileged user to manipulate the AIX perfstat kernel extension, leading to a denial-of-service condition. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can cause the system to become unresponsive, disrupting critical operations and potentially causing significant downtime. This vulnerability can be potentially harmful to businesses and organizations that rely on IBM AIX for their infrastructure and should be addressed promptly. IBM has released patches to mitigate this issue, and it is recommended that all affected systems be updated as soon as possible.

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