vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-40133): linux-oem-6.1 vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 9, 2022
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Jan 30, 2025

Description

A use-after-free(UAF) vulnerability was found in function 'vmw_execbuf_tie_context' 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).

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-oem-6-1
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