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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2022· Updated Sep 17, 2024

There is an UAF vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

CVE-2022-38457

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).

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