Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux (CVE-2026-47549)
Summary
Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux (CVE-2026-47549). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-47549 has been found in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux CVE-2026-47549" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-47549 (NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47549 nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
References
- web github.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web cve.org
- web github.com