SB2023110148 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
Published: November 1, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31018)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in GPU Display Driver. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the driver and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31022)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the kernel mode layer in GPU Display Driver. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the driver and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.