CVE-2023-33952 (GCVE-0-2023-33952)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-24 15:19
Modified
2025-11-07 13:04
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-284.75.1.el9_2   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-284.75.1.rt14.360.el9_2   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::realtime
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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