vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-7541

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 25, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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