Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessObtain unprivileged local access
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DeliveryCall affected kernel-mode driver interface
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ExploitTrigger integer overflow (CWE-190)
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ExecutionOut-of-bounds write corrupts kernel memory
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ImpactEscalate to kernel/SYSTEM code execution
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Integer overflow checks
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires local access with an existing low-privilege account or code execution on a host running the affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla) on Windows or Linux; the attacker must be able to reach the vulnerable kernel-mode driver interface (installed by default whenever the GPU driver is present). No user interaction and no elevated privileges are needed beyond that unprivileged foothold. Limiting factors: exploitation is strictly local (not remotely reachable over a network), requires the NVIDIA driver to be installed and the specific vulnerable code path to be invocable, and is bounded to the affected driver branches - patched/unaffected driver versions and hosts without NVIDIA GPUs are not exploitable. |
| Impact | This is a genuine, actionable local privilege-escalation-class flaw despite lacking sensational exploitation signals. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 7.8 High) tells the real story: exploitation requires local access and a low-privilege foothold (PR:L) but no user interaction and low complexity, and yields full C:H/I:H/A:H impact - consistent with an integer overflow (CWE-190) producing a kernel-mode out-of-bounds write, which typically escalates an unprivileged user to kernel/SYSTEM. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no evidence of active or imminent widespread exploitation. However, kernel-mode GPU driver bugs of this shape are historically attractive LPE primitives (used as sandbox-escape and post-compromise escalation steps), so the low EPSS/KEV signal reflects 'not yet weaponized publicly' rather than 'low real risk.' No signals conflict: the description ('unprivileged user', 'kernel mode layer') aligns cleanly with AV:L/PR:L. Priority is driven by the enormous install base rather than remote reachability - this is not internet-exposed, so it is a defense-in-depth / post-foothold concern, not an emergency perimeter patch. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker who already has an unprivileged account or code execution (e.g., a standard user, a sandboxed process, or malware needing to escalate) invokes an affected NVIDIA kernel-mode driver interface with crafted parameters that trigger an integer overflow, causing an out-of-bounds write into kernel memory. By shaping the overflow, the attacker corrupts kernel structures to gain code execution at kernel/SYSTEM privilege, escalating from the initial low-privilege context. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires no user interaction once local access is obtained. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Local privilege escalation, code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Windows and Linux stem from an integer overflow (CWE-190) in the kernel-mode layer that an unprivileged user can trigger to cause an out-of-bounds write. Exploitation requires local access with an existing low-privilege account (authenticated, PR:L) on a host with an affected GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla driver; the CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8 (High) with a local attack vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N). No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was identified at the time of analysis, but the flaw is genuine and actionable for local privilege escalation if the vulnerable driver interface is reachable.
RemediationAI
Apply the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver update referenced in NVIDIA product security advisory 2026/5861; because the provided data does not include an exact fixed version, obtain the patched driver branch for your GPU family (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla) from NVIDIA's advisory page at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict local interactive access to trusted users, enforce least privilege on hosts with NVIDIA GPUs, and monitor for suspicious kernel-mode driver IOCTL activity that could indicate integer-overflow exploitation attempts. Disabling the GPU driver is not a practical workaround for most systems because it removes graphics and compute functionality; on systems where GPU use is unnecessary, disabling or removing the driver reduces exposure but carries that operational trade-off.
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The vulnerability resides in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, which exposes privileged operations to user-mode applications through IOCTL and driver interfaces. An integer overflow (CWE-190) in this kernel component can wrap a calculated size or offset, leading to an out-of-bounds write when the driver processes attacker-influenced data. Because the driver is loaded by default on systems with NVIDIA GPUs, an unprivileged local user can reach the vulnerable code path without elevated rights, potentially corrupting kernel memory to achieve code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering. CPE entries identify affected product families as nvidia:geforce, nvidia:rtx,_quadro,_nvs, and nvidia:tesla across Windows and Linux; tags also reference RCE, buffer overflow, denial of service, information disclosure, integer overflow, and guest driver scenarios, consistent with a local kernel driver flaw rather than a remotely reachable network service.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local unprivileged trigger of a kernel-mode OOB write (AV:L/PR:L/AC:L/UI:N) yielding full kernel compromise, so C:H/I:H/A:H with S:U.
Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).
CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia
DescriptionCVE.org
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause an integer overflow that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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Executive ViewAI
A high-severity flaw in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux lets an ordinary, non-administrative user on an affected machine escalate to kernel-level control, potentially enabling code execution, data disclosure, or system crashes. Because NVIDIA GPUs are pervasive across corporate laptops, engineering workstations, and virtualized server fleets, the exposure footprint is broad, and no vendor patch is currently available, leaving remediation dependent on access hardening and monitoring. Leadership should care because a low-privilege insider or a locally footholded attacker could convert limited access into full control of high-value endpoints and, on multi-tenant virtualization hosts, potentially affect workloads beyond their own.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: enforce least privilege and minimize locally provisioned accounts on GPU-enabled hosts; restrict and audit interactive logon; apply application allowlisting; deploy EDR/host monitoring for anomalous GPU driver interaction and kernel privilege transitions; isolate or defer workloads on multi-tenant virtualization hosts that cannot guarantee tenant separation; monitor NVIDIA security advisories for a fix and deploy it on release. Exploitation status: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Requires authenticated local access (PR:L) on an affected host.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
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Severity: Important| Product | Status |
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| 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 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-90112
GHSA-3pcg-qj8f-5wgm
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