Bug 2544082 (CVE-2026-47596)

Summary: CVE-2026-47596 nvidia-driver: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via unpreserved memory permissions
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A flaw was found in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux. In the kernel mode layer, memory permissions are not properly preserved, allowing an unprivileged local user to write to read-only memory. This issue can lead to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation on the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-30 16:28:53 UTC
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution and escalation of privileges.