vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-12888

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 15, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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