vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-45402

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 11, 2022
Added
Oct 10, 2025
Modified
Oct 10, 2025

Description

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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