CVE-2024-47102

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 7.2 through 7.3 VIOS versions 3.1 through 4.1

Description The issue allows a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX perfstat kernel extension to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 7.2 through 7.3, consider disabling the perfstat kernel extension as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. For VIOS versions 3.1 through 4.1, consider disabling the perfstat kernel extension as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.