CVE-2022-21813

Summary

CVECVE-2022-21813
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-07 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-13 01:51:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Nvidia Cloud Gaming Guest - All All All
Application Nvidia Geforce - All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Display Driver - All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Display Driver - All All All
Application Nvidia Nvs - All All All
Application Nvidia Quadro - All All All
Application Nvidia Rtx - All All All
Application Nvidia Tesla - All All All
Application Nvidia Virtual Gpu - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - February 2022 | NVIDIA MISC nvidia.custhelp.com
NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202310-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Error | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179220 Debian Security Update for nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 (CVE-2022-21813)
  • 198658 Ubuntu Security Notification for NVIDIA graphics drivers Vulnerabilities (USN-5276-1)
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