vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-42256: NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2022
Added
Oct 4, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow in index validation may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-drivers-nvidia-drivers
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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