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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-4565

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 23, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 incorrectly relies on the write system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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