vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2017-6272)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 22, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 22, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
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