vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2022-38457: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2023-7077)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Published
Sep 9, 2022
Added
Nov 28, 2023
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

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).

Solutions

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