CVE-2022-38096

medium

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).

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=2073

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-09

Updated: 2026-05-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00016