vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-4580

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 23, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The x25_negotiate_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call Request.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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