CVE-2025-0986
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (4)
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references (6)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-0986cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0986cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-Power-System-denial-of-service-via-Linux-Partition-Gzip-Compression-46697cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349Vendor Advisorynvd
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