Security Advisory

CVE-2023-5633

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2023-10-23 21:58:59
Last updated 2026-02-25 18:18:46
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

The reference count changes made as part of the CVE-2023-33951 and CVE-2023-33952 fixes exposed a use-after-free flaw in the way memory objects were handled when they were being used to store a surface. When running inside a VMware guest with 3D acceleration enabled, a local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.