NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where a user could inject crafted text into the kernel log because the supplied version string is not properly sanitized. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service and data tampering.

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

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
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https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47562 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47562 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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

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Title Kernel Log Injection via Unsanitized Version String in NVIDIA Linux Driver

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 a user could inject crafted text into the kernel log because the supplied version string is not properly sanitized. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service and data tampering.
Weaknesses CWE-116
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:29:27.944Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:46.481Z

Link: CVE-2026-47562

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Updated: 2026-09-30T17:24:39.143Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:24.847

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:29.383

Link: CVE-2026-47562

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

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