vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-2513

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 8, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem in the way it handled the extra inode size for extended attributes. This flaw could allow a privileged local user to cause a system crash or other undefined behaviors.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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