vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-4581

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 23, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 14, 2025

Description

fs/pnode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 does not properly traverse a mount propagation tree in a certain case involving a slave mount, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted series of mount system calls.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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