NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47557 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47557 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Title Unprivileged NULL Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:59:46.159Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:45.574Z

Link: CVE-2026-47557

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:55:37.560Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:24.080

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:28.687

Link: CVE-2026-47557

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Updated: 2026-09-30T18:30:10Z

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