vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-47186
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 10, 2024 | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 10, 2024
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Sep 2, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: check for null after calling kmemdup
kmemdup can return a null pointer so need to check for it, otherwise
the null key will be dereferenced later in tipc_crypto_key_xmit as
can be seen in the trace [1].
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bca180abb29567b189efdbdb34cbf7ba851c2a58
tipc: check for null after calling kmemdup
kmemdup can return a null pointer so need to check for it, otherwise
the null key will be dereferenced later in tipc_crypto_key_xmit as
can be seen in the trace [1].
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bca180abb29567b189efdbdb34cbf7ba851c2a58
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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