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CVE-2022-48771

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2024-06-20 Modified: 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix stale file descriptors on failed usercopy A failing usercopy of the fence_rep object will lead to a stale entry in the file descriptor table as put_unused_fd() won't release it. This enables userland to refer to a dangling 'file' object through that still valid file descriptor, leading to all kinds of use-after-free exploitation scenarios. Fix this by deferring the call to fd_install() until after the usercopy has succeeded.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References