NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-headers  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELHEADERS-3046450
  • published14 Oct 2022
  • disclosed9 Sept 2022

Introduced: 9 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Centos.

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).