CVE-2026-47491
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can cause improper release of memory resources, leaving a mapping accessible after the underlying memory is reused. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 | affected |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 | affected |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 | affected |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 580.178.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 615.71.09 | affected |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 610.57.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 | affected |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 580.178.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 595.91.07 | affected |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 580.178.04 | affected |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) | affected |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-404: CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47491
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47491
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861
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