vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-8428
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jan 28, 2020 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 28, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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