SB2022031812 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
Published: March 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022031812
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Detection of error condition without action (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21820)
CWE-ID: -
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.