vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-3424

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 6, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s SGI GRU driver in the way the first gru_file_unlocked_ioctl function is called by the user, where a fail pass occurs in the gru_check_chiplet_assignment function. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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