CVE-2026-47491

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Awaiting Analysis - psirt@nvidia.com

Published

2026-09-30

Last modified

2026-10-01

Weaknesses

CWE-404

Affected products

• Geforce (Nvidia)
• Guest Driver (Nvidia)
• Nvs (Nvidia)
• Quadro (Nvidia)
• Rtx (Nvidia)
• Tesla (Nvidia)

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