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title: "CVE-2026-47563: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Null Pointer Dereference"
description: "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, letting local users cause denial of service, code execution, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data tampering, exploit requires local user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47563/
---

# CVE-2026-47563 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Null Pointer Dereference

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, letting local users cause denial of service, code execution, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data tampering, exploit requires local user 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47563)

## Details

Type

Null Pointer Dereference

Impact

Denial Of Service, Remote Code Execution, 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-476](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47563](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47563)
- [https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861](https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47563](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47563)

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