Improper isolation or compartmentalization in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and NVIDIA GPU Operator - CVE-2024-0137

Vulnerability identifier: #VU102819

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0137

CWE-ID: CWE-653

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper isolation or compartmentalization, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

NVIDIA Container Toolkit
NVIDIA GPU Operator
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Containers Module
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
nvidia-container-toolkit

Install updates from vendor's website.

NVIDIA Container Toolkit - update to 1.17.1
NVIDIA GPU Operator - update to 24.9.1
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit - update to 1.17.3-1.fc40
nvidia-container-toolkit - update to 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5599

• Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator
• Fedora 40 update for golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit
• SUSE update for nvidia-container-toolkit