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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2022-42256 EUVD-2022-45331

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow in index valid…

Published Dec 30, 2022 · Updated Apr 10, 2025 · Assigned by nvidia

Vendor: NVIDIA Product: vGPU software (guest driver) - Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager) Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 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-515 Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 Package: nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow in index validation may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NVIDIA vGPU software (guest driver) - Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager) All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release —

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 ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nvidia-graphics-drivers 510.108.03-1 —
Debian 13 nvidia-graphics-drivers 510.108.03-1 —
Debian 13 nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules 515.86.01-1 —
Debian 12 nvidia-graphics-drivers +1 510.108.03-1 —
Debian 12 nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 470.161.03-1 —
Debian 12 nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules 515.86.01-1 —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server 450.216.04-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 +1 470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 +1 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server 450.216.04-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 +1 470.161.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 510.108.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server 450.216.04-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 +1 470.161.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 510.108.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 +2 No fix yet —

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