CVE-2021-38994: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 213072.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only
• IBM Vios: version 3.1 only

Published 2022-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.