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NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2026-47567

| EUVDEUVD-2026-90176 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-09-30 nvidia GHSA-qf35-vh76-9j32
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: nvidia
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain local low-privileged shell
  2. Delivery
    Open DRM/GPU driver device interface
  3. Exploit
    Repeatedly allocate VMA offset mappings
  4. Execution
    Exhaust DRM VMA offset address space
  5. Impact
    Denial of service on GPU/display subsystem

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

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Exploitation Conditions

Requires local access to a Linux host running the affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, plus the ability to invoke the kernel-mode DRM/GPU interface as an authenticated low-privileged user (PR:L) - no user interaction and no admin rights are needed. Exploitation is LIMITED to Linux (Windows drivers are not in scope here), requires an existing local foothold (no remote/network vector), and yields only denial of service - it cannot be leveraged for code execution, privilege escalation, or data disclosure. Practical impact is highest on shared or multi-tenant GPU systems (VDI, cloud GPU, Tesla/vGPU compute) where one user's exhaustion of the DRM VMA offset space degrades service for others.

Impact

All signals converge on this being a genuine but low-severity, low-priority issue rather than a high-impact threat. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, 5.5 MEDIUM) is internally consistent with the description: local access, low attacker complexity, and low existing privileges are required, and the ONLY impact is availability (A:H) - there is no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N), which matches a CWE-400 uncontrolled-resource-consumption denial of service. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or automated weaponization. The local attack vector plus the DoS-only impact sharply caps real-world risk: an attacker who can already run code on the host can at most crash or hang the GPU/graphics subsystem, not escalate privileges or steal data. This is a real priority only for multi-tenant or availability-sensitive Linux GPU deployments (VDI, cloud GPU, shared compute); for typical single-user systems it is a low-priority hardening fix. No key signals are conflicting - the vector and description agree that this is local and DoS-only.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local, low-privileged user on a Linux host with the NVIDIA GPU driver repeatedly issues driver/DRM operations that allocate VMA offset mappings until the DRM VMA offset address space is exhausted, causing the kernel-mode driver to fail further allocations and denying GPU/display service to the system and other users. No user interaction or elevated privileges are needed, but the attacker must already have local shell access. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux arises when a local authenticated low-privileged user exhausts the DRM VMA offset address space, causing uncontrolled resource consumption in the kernel mode layer. The issue is limited to Linux and to availability impact; exploitation requires an existing local foothold and cannot provide code execution, privilege escalation, or data disclosure. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and the assessed risk is low, though shared or multi-tenant GPU systems such as VDI, cloud GPU, and Tesla/vGPU deployments face the greatest practical disruption.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released fix version not specified in the available data; consult the NVIDIA product-security advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 for the patched Linux driver release and upgrade to that exact version when published. Because the issue requires local, unprivileged DRM/GPU access, temporary hardening can include restricting access to GPU device nodes such as /dev/dri/renderD* and /dev/nvidia* to trusted users or groups, but this will break hardware acceleration, CUDA, and graphical sessions for excluded users. In multi-tenant VDI, cloud GPU, or Tesla/vGPU deployments, isolate tenants and enforce vGPU scheduling or resource quotas to limit one user's ability to exhaust the DRM VMA offset space, accepting the operational complexity of tighter GPU partitioning. Monitor for repeated GPU mapping failures or DRM allocation errors as an indicator of attempted exhaustion, and avoid granting broad local GPU access to untrusted users until the vendor fix is applied.

Affected VersionsENISA

RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Virtual GPU Manager 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
Virtual GPU Manager 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Guest driver 595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Guest driver 580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09

Affected Packages

euvd geforce_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix
euvd rtx_quadro_nvs_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix
euvd tesla_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 3 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux and is classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). It involves the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem, which manages GPU memory mappings through virtual memory areas (VMAs); by exhausting the DRM VMA offset address space, a local user can force the driver to consume a finite kernel resource until further GPU mappings or rendering operations fail. CPE data identifies GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla product lines, with tags also covering guest driver and virtual GPU manager components. Only local access is needed, per CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, so an authenticated low-privileged user on an affected Linux host can trigger availability loss without user interaction or administrative rights. The flaw does not permit memory corruption, code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure.

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Severity by source

Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local low-privileged user with no interaction triggers resource exhaustion; availability-only impact within the driver's own scope, no confidentiality or integrity loss.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 5.5 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).

CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could cause uncontrolled resource consumption by exhausting the DRM VMA offset address space. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
NVIDIA GPU drivers are widespread, but Linux GPU-driver deployment is common-not-everywhere
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor GitHub

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 Affected

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