vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-17972
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | 2018-10-03 | 2025-01-20 | 2025-02-04 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
2018-10-03
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04
Description
An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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