vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-20261
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 11, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 11, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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