GeForce vulnerability

What happened

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in kernel-mode escape handling where an attacker with local access could bypass an authorization check that is intended to restrict certain operations based on client execution context. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privilege, information disclosure, data tampering, denial of service, or code execution.

Affected versions

GeForce: All driver versions prior to 610.60; All driver versions prior to 610.88; All driver versions prior to 616.56; All driver versions prior to 616.92; All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.; All driver versions prior to 582.78; All driver versions prior to 596.86; All driver versions prior to 616.92; 596.36(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1); 582.53(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5); 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1); 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.