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Medium USN-3521-1 1 CVE

nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 vulnerability

Published Jan 9, 2018 · Updated May 29, 2026

Summary

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel
attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to
expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

This update provides mitigations to address the issue, along with
compatibility fixes for the corresponding Linux kernel updates.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 384.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 384.111-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5753