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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.3 Medium

CVE-2022-38457

There is an UAF vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

Description

A use-after-free(UAF) vulnerability was found in function 'vmw_cmd_res_check' in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in Linux kernel's vmwgfx driver with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux kernel

  • v4.20-rc1 to < 5.13.0-52*affected

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