UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22942
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22942
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5278-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5294-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5294-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5295-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5295-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5297-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5298-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5362-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22942
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4