vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-6348

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 1, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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