CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-24194

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

The NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux has a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where a user could cause improper permission handling. Successful exploitation might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation and full system compromise, potentially leading to data confidentiality, integrity, and availability breaches.

Recommendation

Upgrade the NVIDIA Display Driver to the latest version that includes a fix for the vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where a user could cause improper permission handling. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS