CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-36280

MediumCVSS 6.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.79%

56th percentile - higher than 56% of all known CVEs

Summary

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access vulnerability was found in the vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_kms.c in the GPU component of the Linux kernel, reachable via the device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. It allows a local attacker with a user account to gain privilege and cause a denial of service (DoS).

Risk Assessment

A local user can cause kernel memory corruption, system crash, or privilege escalation. This poses a threat to the stability and security of hosts with GPU device access.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the vmwgfx driver fix. Restrict access to /dev/dri/renderD* devices to trusted accounts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An out-of-bounds(OOB) memory access vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_kms.c in GPU component in the 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).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS