vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-4744

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 30, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Sep 2, 2025

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the register_netdevice function fails (NETDEV_REGISTER notifier). This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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