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CVE-2023-5633
high
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.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245663
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5633
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4831
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4823
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1404
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461