vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-1053: NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2021
Added
Oct 4, 2023
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which improper validation of a user pointer may lead to denial of service.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-drivers-nvidia-drivers
Title
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