MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-47591 (CVSS 7.8)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 30, 2026Risk 23/100

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could bypass read-only memory protection due to incorrect authorization, enabling write access to memory marked read-only. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Technical details

CVSS

7.8

AV:LocalAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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