Medium 6.3Published Sep 9, 2022

CVE-2022-38096There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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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).

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Anolis
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux kernel linux:kernel (from the name)	from v4.20-rc1 before 5.13.0-52*	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from v4.20-rc1 before 5.14	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.20	NVD

References

References

https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=2073	issue-tracking, permissions-required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html	mailing-list
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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