CVE-2026-47561 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Buffer Overflow

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a buffer overflow caused by lack of input buffer size validation in ioctl, letting unprivileged callers trigger out-of-bounds write in kernel memory, exploit requires unprivileged access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Buffer Overflow
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service, Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
30 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-787

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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