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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-20836

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 7, 2019
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. There is a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c, leading to a use-after-free.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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