vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-9191

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 28, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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