Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in nVidia products - CVE-2022-21813

Vulnerability identifier: #VU60218

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21813

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Quadro
NVS
Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465 (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495 (Ubuntu package)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 (Ubuntu package)

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NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 470.103.01, 510.47.03
Quadro - addressed in versions 470.103.01, 510.47.03
NVS - addressed in versions 470.103.01, 510.47.03
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

• Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux
• Ubuntu update for nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server