vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-21400

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 12, 2023
Added
Jul 2, 2025
Modified
Oct 15, 2025

Description

In multiple functions of io_uring.c, there is a possible kernel memory corruption due to improper locking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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