A double-free vulnerability was found in handling vmw_buffer_object objects in the vmwgfx driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs due to the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing further free operations on the object, which may allow a local priv
A double-free vulnerability was found in handling vmw_buffer_object objects in the vmwgfx driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs due to the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing further free operations on the object, which may allow a local privileged user to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support | 0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support | 0:5.14.0-284.75.1.el9_2 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support | 0:5.14.0-284.75.1.rt14.360.el9_2 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.