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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-5178

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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-5178

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/01/2023
Created
01/21/2025
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

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