Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38917

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW940, and FW950 could allow an attacker that gains service access to the FSP can read and write arbitrary host system memory through a series of carefully crafted service procedures. IBM X-Force ID: 210018.

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Affected products

IBM/PowerVM Hypervisorllm-fuzzy2 versions
FW860, FW940, and FW950+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: FW860, FW940, and FW950
- (no CPE)range: FW940

Patches

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References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010nvdVendor Advisory

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