CVE-2026-47549: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA GeForce
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-47549 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux where an unprivileged local user can cause a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel module. This results in a denial of service condition. The vulnerability does not affect confidentiality or integrity but impacts availability. There is no indication of known exploits in the wild or vendor-provided patches at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation leads to denial of service by crashing the NVIDIA GPU kernel module, affecting system availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit local user access to trusted individuals to reduce risk.
CVE-2026-47549: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA GeForce
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
Guest driver
NVIDIA
Guest driver
NVIDIA
Virtual GPU Manager
NVIDIA
Virtual GPU Manager
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-47549 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux where an unprivileged local user can cause a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel module. This results in a denial of service condition. The vulnerability does not affect confidentiality or integrity but impacts availability. There is no indication of known exploits in the wild or vendor-provided patches at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation leads to denial of service by crashing the NVIDIA GPU kernel module, affecting system availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit local user access to trusted individuals to reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- nvidia
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-19T19:55:44.855Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abd36952a4e24523d3a8dc3
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 16:19:33 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 17:04:15 UTC
Last updated: 09/30/2026, 22:49:34 UTC
Views: 5
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