CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-38096

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-09-09 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-09-09
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

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).

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References