CVE-2026-47566 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a memory leak in error paths leading to kernel memory exhaustion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

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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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47566
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47566

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a memory leak in error paths leading to kernel memory exhaustion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses		CWE-401
References		https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47566 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47566
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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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-09-30T15:54:02.071Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T15:54:02.071Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:46.482Z

Link: CVE-2026-47566

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:25.357

Modified: 2026-09-30T16:30:23.773

Link: CVE-2026-47566

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Weaknesses

CWE-401

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