CVE-2026-47566

Published: Sep 30, 2026Modified: Sep 30, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: psirt@nvidia.com (Secondary)

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a memory leak in error paths leading to kernel memory exhaustion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (3)

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861

Source: psirt@nvidia.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47566

Source: psirt@nvidia.com

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47566

Source: psirt@nvidia.com

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