GLSA 202412-20: NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation

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Severity:	high
Title:	NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation
Date:	12/14/2024
Bugs:	#942031
ID:	202412-20

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

NVIDIA Drivers are NVIDIA's accelerated graphics driver.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers	< 535.216.01	>= 535.216.01	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All NVIDIA Drivers 535 users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-535.216.01:0/535"

All NVIDIA Drivers 550 users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-550.127.05:0/550"

References

CVE-2024-0126

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202412-20.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.