CVE-2022-34679 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unhandled return value can lead to a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Citrix	Hypervisor
Linux	Linux Kernel
Nvidia	Cloud Gaming Virtual Gpu
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Vmware	Vsphere

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:citrix:hypervisor:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_kernel-based_virtual_machine:-:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:24:07.721Z

Reserved: 2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34679

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-30T23:15:10.163

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:09:58.190

Link: CVE-2022-34679

Redhat

No data.

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