CVE-2022-38096

There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

CVSS 6.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.6%CWE-476

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

09 Sep 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel 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).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

Linux · kernel

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References

https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=2073 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html