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.
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powervm_hypervisor | Ibm | fw1050.00 (including) | fw1050.30 (including) |
| Powervm_hypervisor | Ibm | fw1060.00 (including) | fw1060.20 (including) |