SB2022031812 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
Published: March 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022031812
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Detection of error condition without action (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21820)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in nvhostengine. A local user can run a specially crafted program to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.