SB2026051922 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers
Published: May 19, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 15 vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24198)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux when accessing sensitive memory. A local privileged user can use a race condition to leak sensitive memory to disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The advisory notes that the memory exposure is limited.
2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24182)
CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking in NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux when managing driver locks. A local user can leak held driver locks to cause a denial of service.
3) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24201)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to tamper with data, disclose sensitive information, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write in the virtual GPU manager when accessing memory out of bounds. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds access to tamper with data, disclose sensitive information, or cause a denial of service.
4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24200)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the virtual GPU manager when handling stack memory. A local user can trigger a use-after-free for stack memory to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-33221)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to tamper with data or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in the kernel driver when assigning permissions to critical resources. A local user can trigger incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource to tamper with data or cause a denial of service.
6) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24199)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in a kernel module when compiler or processor memory instructions are reordered. A local user can trigger the race condition to cause a denial of service.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24187)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver when handling driver operations. A local user can trigger a use-after-free condition to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
8) Insecure Default Initialization of Resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24197)
CWE-ID: CWE-1188 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure default initialization in Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) partition management when reconfiguring partitions. A local user can trigger data corruption or a hang during partition reconfiguration to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects memory subsystem routing resources in MIG partition management.
9) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24196)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux when processing input. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
10) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24195)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
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 remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Unified Virtual Memory (UVM) when processing input. A remote attacker can provide invalid input to cause a denial of service.
11) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24194)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
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 remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Unified Virtual Memory (UVM) when processing input. A remote attacker can provide invalid input to cause a denial of service.
12) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24193)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux when processing input. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
13) Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24192)
CWE-ID: CWE-681 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect conversion between numeric types in NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver when processing numeric values. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow through incorrect numeric conversion to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
14) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24191)
CWE-ID: CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows when performing time-sensitive operations. A local user can win the race condition to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
15) Missing Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24190)
CWE-ID: CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to access GPU resources improperly, execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the kernel mode layer when handling access to GPU resources. A local user can perform operations that improperly access GPU resources to access GPU resources improperly, execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or cause a denial of service.
Remediation
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