Bug 2544056 (CVE-2026-47531)

Summary: CVE-2026-47531 nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Denial of Service via null pointer dereference in kernel mode layer
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Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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A flaw was found in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. A local attacker with high privileges can trigger an invalid memory access (null pointer dereference) within the kernel mode layer. Successful exploitation leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the driver or host system to crash.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-30 16:14:47 UTC
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.