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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2019-11833

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 15, 2019
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.2 does not zero out the unused memory region in the extent tree block, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading uninitialized data in the filesystem.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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