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Arch Linux: NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2022-34678)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Dec 30, 2022

Added

Jul 11, 2025

Modified

Mar 25, 2026

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged user can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2022-34678
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-34678
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-37628
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2022-37628

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