vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-1855
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Apr 5, 2023 | Jan 20, 2025 | May 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 5, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
May 27, 2026
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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