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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-52746

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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-52746

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/21/2024
Created
01/21/2025
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm/compat: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in xfrm_xlate32_attr() int type = nla_type(nla); if (type > XFRMA_MAX) { return -EOPNOTSUPP; } @type is then used as an array index and can be used as a Spectre v1 gadget. if (nla_len(nla) < compat_policy[type].len) { array_index_nospec() can be used to prevent leaking content of kernel memory to malicious users.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

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