Denial of Service and Information Disclosure in NVIDIA GPU Driver for Linux
CVE-2023-0180

7.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
NVIDIA
Status
vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM)
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 April 2023

Summary

The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux has a vulnerability in its kernel mode layer handler. This flaw can allow attackers to potentially cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information, undermining the security and performance of systems utilizing this driver. Users are advised to monitor their systems and apply patches provided by NVIDIA to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM) All versions prior to and including 15.1, 13.6, 11.11, and all versions prior to and including February 2023 release

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5452
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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