NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 affected —
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 affected —
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 affected —
NVIDIA Guest driver unaffected
Version Status Constraints
595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) affected —
NVIDIA Guest driver unaffected
Version Status Constraints
580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) affected —
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) affected —
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) affected —

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47549 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47549 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Title Unprivileged Local User Can Trigger NULL Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver Leading to Denial of Service

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:59:46.454Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:44.855Z

Link: CVE-2026-47549

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:55:40.455Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:22.783

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:27.497

Link: CVE-2026-47549

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T18:00:17Z

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