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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-6536

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 7, 2024
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. This issue may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to send a set of crafted TCP packages when using NVMe over TCP, leading the NVMe driver to a NULL pointer dereference in the NVMe driver, causing kernel panic and a denial of service.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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