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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-6353

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

net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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