The vulnerability CVE-2026-24197 in NVIDIA GeForce Linux drivers relates to the Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) feature. The flaw is due to insecure default initialization of memory subsystem routing resources during partition management. This improper initialization can lead to data corruption or system hangs when partitions are reconfigured. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector requiring local access and low privileges, no user interaction, and impacts availability but not confidentiality or integrity. It affects all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause denial of service by triggering data corruption or system hangs during GPU partition reconfiguration. There is no indication of confidentiality or integrity compromise. The attack requires local access with low privileges.

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, avoid performing partition reconfiguration operations in untrusted environments and limit local access to trusted users.