Bug 2544186 (CVE-2026-47501) - CVE-2026-47501 nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via out-of-bounds write during event buffer setup
Summary: CVE-2026-47501 nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Privilege e...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-47501
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-30 18:17 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-02 12:45 UTC (History)
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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.


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