vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-1786

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2022-05-31
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s io_uring subsystem in the way a user sets up a ring with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL with more than one task completing submissions on this ring. This flaw allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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