NVIDIA Display Driver Permission Assignment Vulnerability in Kernel Driver Allowing Data Tampering and Denial-of-Service

A vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA Display Driver for both Windows and Linux, specifically within the kernel driver. This vulnerability allows a user to manipulate permission assignments for a critical resource, potentially leading to unauthorized data modifications and causing a denial-of-service condition.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in improper permission assignments, allowing for unauthorized data tampering and causing a denial-of-service condition.

Remediation

Users can update to NVIDIA Display Driver versions 595.71.05, 582.53, 539.72, or the latest version available through the NVIDIA GeForce Experience application or the NVIDIA Driver Download page. For Linux, the latest driver versions can be downloaded from the NVIDIA Driver Download page.