gsd-2022-22942
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2022-22942


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      "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0777",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0772",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0771",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0622",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0620",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0592",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0825",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0823",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0821",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0820",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0819",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22942",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2022-22942.html",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0925",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0958",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1103",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1107",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1263",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1324",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1373",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-22942.html",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0841",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0849",
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