IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.E0/FW1050.50/FW1060.40 allocation of resources

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.E0/FW1050.50/FW1060.40. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-36035. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.E0/FW1050.50/FW1060.40. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950.00 through FW950.E0, FW1050.00 through FW1050.50, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.40 could allow a local privileged user to cause a denial of service by issuing a specially crafted IBM i hypervisor call that would disclose memory contents or consume excessive memory resources.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36035 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-29121). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• PowerVM Hypervisor

Version

• FW950.E0
• FW1050.0
• FW1050.1
• FW1050.2
• FW1050.3
• FW1050.4
• FW1050.5
• FW1050.6
• FW1050.7
• FW1050.8
• FW1050.9
• FW1050.10
• FW1050.11
• FW1050.12
• FW1050.13
• FW1050.14
• FW1050.15
• FW1050.16
• FW1050.17
• FW1050.18
• FW1050.19
• FW1050.20
• FW1050.21
• FW1050.22
• FW1050.23
• FW1050.24
• FW1050.25
• FW1050.26
• FW1050.27
• FW1050.28
• FW1050.29
• FW1050.30
• FW1050.31
• FW1050.32
• FW1050.33
• FW1050.34
• FW1050.35
• FW1050.36
• FW1050.37
• FW1050.38
• FW1050.39
• FW1050.40
• FW1050.41
• FW1050.42
• FW1050.43
• FW1050.44
• FW1050.45
• FW1050.46
• FW1050.47
• FW1050.48
• FW1050.49
• FW1050.50
• FW1060.0
• FW1060.1
• FW1060.2
• FW1060.3
• FW1060.4
• FW1060.5
• FW1060.6
• FW1060.7
• FW1060.8
• FW1060.9
• FW1060.10
• FW1060.11
• FW1060.12
• FW1060.13
• FW1060.14
• FW1060.15
• FW1060.16
• FW1060.17
• FW1060.18
• FW1060.19
• FW1060.20
• FW1060.21
• FW1060.22
• FW1060.23
• FW1060.24
• FW1060.25
• FW1060.26
• FW1060.27
• FW1060.28
• FW1060.29
• FW1060.30
• FW1060.31
• FW1060.32
• FW1060.33
• FW1060.34
• FW1060.35
• FW1060.36
• FW1060.37
• FW1060.38
• FW1060.39
• FW1060.40

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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