CVE-2022-31615

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver para Linux contiene una vulnerabilidad en la capa del modo kernel, donde un usuario local con capacidades básicas puede provocar una desreferencia de puntero nulo, lo que puede provocar una Denegación de Servicio (DoS).

Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Tal Lossos discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled certain memory operations, leading to a null-pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Artem S. Tashkinov discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers Dynamic Boost D-Bus component did not properly restrict access to its endpoint. When enabled in non-default configurations, a local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.