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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-8826: Vulnerability in NVIDIA-GFX Kernel driver

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-8826: Vulnerability in NVIDIA-GFX Kernel driver

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) where a user can cause a GPU interrupt storm, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-driver-graphics-nvidia-0-375-39-0-0-175-3-20-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-driver-graphics-nvidiar304-0-304-135-0-0-175-3-20-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-driver-graphics-nvidiar340-0-340-102-0-0-175-3-20-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-image-nvidia-cg-toolkit-3-0-15-0-175-3-20-0-2-0

References

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