Bug 2544082 (CVE-2026-47596) - CVE-2026-47596 nvidia-driver: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via unpreserved memory permissions
Summary: CVE-2026-47596 nvidia-driver: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via unprese...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-47596
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-30 16:28 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-16 11:46 UTC (History)
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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.
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