CVE-2025-23332
MediumCVSS 5.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could trigger a system or driver crash, causing denial of service. This may disrupt workstations or servers with NVIDIA cards.
Recommendation
Update the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux to a version containing the fix. Regularly check vendor security updates.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Display Driver
See all- CVE-2015-1170High
The NVIDIA Display Driver R304 before 309.08, R340 before 341.44, R343 before 345.20, and R346 before 347.52 does not properly validate local client impersonation levels when performing a 'kernel administrator check,' which allows local users to gain administrator privileges via unspecified API calls.
- CVE-2026-24199Medium
The NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where a user could cause a race condition by reordering compiler or processor memory instructions. A successful exploit might lead to denial of service.
- CVE-2026-24197Medium
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) partition management, where insecure default initialization of memory subsystem routing resources could lead to data corruption or a hang during partition reconfiguration, resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2026-24196High
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to denial of service and information disclosure.
- CVE-2026-24195High
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux has a vulnerability in UVM, where a user can cause improper input validation. Successful exploitation might lead to denial of service.
- CVE-2026-24194High
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.
- CVE-2026-24193High
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an out-of-bounds write. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
- CVE-2026-24192High
The NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an incorrect conversion between numeric types leads to a heap buffer overflow. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
- CVE-2026-24191High
The NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows has a time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability. Successful exploitation can lead to denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
- CVE-2026-24190High
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could cause improper access to GPU resources. A successful exploit might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
Original NVD description (English source)
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer deference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

