vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-20317
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 27, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 27, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 2, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree caused the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with special user privileges to cause a denial of service, slowing and eventually stopping the system while running OSP.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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