Bug 2544031 (CVE-2026-47587)

Summary: CVE-2026-47587 nvidia-driver: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via use-after-free
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A flaw was found in nvidia-driver. A local unprivileged user can trigger a use-after-free condition in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux, allowing them to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on the system. Successful exploitation could also result in a Denial of Service (DoS), unauthorized information disclosure, or data tampering.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-30 16:09:21 UTC
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user could cause a use-after-free. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.