Information disclosure in NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver - CVE-2026-24198
Published: May 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU131814
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24198
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-24198
Install security update from vendor's website.