NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a memory leak in error paths leading to kernel memory exhaustion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

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

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


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Title Kernel Memory Leak Causing Kernel Exhaustion in NVIDIA Linux Drivers

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 mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a memory leak in error paths leading to kernel memory exhaustion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses CWE-401
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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: 2026-09-30T17:59:46.000Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:46.482Z

Link: CVE-2026-47566

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:55:36.237Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:25.357

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:29.797

Link: CVE-2026-47566

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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