vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-1829
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2023-04-12 | 2025-01-20 | 2025-02-04 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2023-04-12
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.
We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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