NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A race condition vulnerability has been identified in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux, which could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in unauthorized code execution, elevated privileges, data manipulation, denial of service, and unauthorized information access.

Impact

Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized code execution, privilege escalation, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Remediation

Users can download and install the updated NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux through the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page. The latest versions that include the security update are 580.95.05 for the R580 branch, 570.195.03 for the R570 branch, and 535.274.02 for the R535 branch.