vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-8655
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2016-12-08 | 2025-01-20 | 2025-02-04 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2016-12-08
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04
Description
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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