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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-11473

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Severity	CVSS	Published	Added	Modified
7	(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)	2017-07-20	2025-01-20	2025-02-04

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

2017-07-20

Added

2025-01-20

Modified

2025-02-04

Description

Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

CVE-2017-11473
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-11473

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