vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-17052

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 2, 2025

Description

The mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the ->exe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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