Medium · 6.1 CVE-2022-21813 EUVD-2022-26973GHSA-j78x-pc9w-6w5v

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or p…

Published Feb 7, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by nvidia

Vendor: NVIDIA Product: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

NVIDIA 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.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver	All GPU Driver versions for Linux	—

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	nvidia-graphics-drivers	470.103.01-1	—
Debian 13	nvidia-graphics-drivers	470.103.01-1	—
Debian 12	nvidia-graphics-drivers +1	470.103.01-1	—

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 +6	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 +10	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server	450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 +1	470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-510	510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 +10	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server	450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 +1	470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-510	510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	USN-5276-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 +2	No fix yet	—

Advisories 2

WID-SEC-2023-2532 Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 23, 2026
USN-5276-1 nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 10, 2026

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312
GLSA-202310-02 vendor-advisory