CVE-2026-47596: CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions in NVIDIA GeForce
CVE-2026-47596 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux. It involves improper preservation of memory permissions in the kernel mode layer, allowing an unprivileged user to write to read-only memory. Exploitation could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7. No specific affected versions or patches are provided in the available data.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a kernel mode vulnerability (CWE-281) where memory permissions are not properly preserved. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to write to memory regions that should be read-only. Successful exploitation may result in arbitrary code execution and escalation of privileges on the affected system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), high attack complexity (AC:H), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local physical access and low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data.
CVE-2026-47596: CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions in NVIDIA GeForce
Description
CVE-2026-47596 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux. It involves improper preservation of memory permissions in the kernel mode layer, allowing an unprivileged user to write to read-only memory. Exploitation could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7. No specific affected versions or patches are provided in the available data.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
RTX, Quadro, NVS
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
Tesla
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
GeForce
NVIDIA
Guest driver
NVIDIA
Guest driver
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a kernel mode vulnerability (CWE-281) where memory permissions are not properly preserved. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to write to memory regions that should be read-only. Successful exploitation may result in arbitrary code execution and escalation of privileges on the affected system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), high attack complexity (AC:H), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local physical access and low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- nvidia
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-19T19:55:49.283Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abd369e2a4e24523d3a8e31
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 16:19:42 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 16:33:16 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 04:58:10 UTC
Views: 12
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