Bug 2544186 (CVE-2026-47501)

Summary: CVE-2026-47501 nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via out-of-bounds write during event buffer setup
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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 user can exploit an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the kernel mode layer by supplying mismatched memory buffers during event buffer setup. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation, arbitrary code execution, denial of service (DoS), information disclosure, or data tampering.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-30 18:17:59 UTC 
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where a user could cause an out-of-bounds write by supplying mismatched memory buffers during event buffer setup. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.