CVE-2022-38096

There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Sep 9, 2022
Updated: Oct 14, 2026
Reserved: Sep 7, 2022

Description

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).

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	Anolis

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kernelLinux	v4.20-rc1 to before 5.13.0-52*Affected

References

https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=2073
[debian-lts-announce] 20240625 [SECURITY] [DLA 3842-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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