vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-20169
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 17, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 17, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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