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Mageia 7 And 8 MGASA-2021-0202 Moderate: NVIDIA GPU Access Control

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
This patch fixes vulnerabilities in nvidia390, tackling weaknesses in access control, preventing data loss, and additional concerns.
Updated nvidia390 packages fix security vulnerabilities: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) where improper access co...

Summary

Updated nvidia390 packages fix security vulnerabilities:
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) where improper access control may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data corruption (CVE-2021-1076).
It also fixes a bug where vkCreateSwapchain could cause the X Server to crash when an invalid imageFormat was provided and adds support for newer kernels.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28853

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5172

- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/173111/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1076

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity access control issue Mageia NVIDIA GPU

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/nonfree/nvidia390-390.143-1.mga7.nonfree

- 8/nonfree/nvidia390-390.143-1.mga8.nonfree

Publication date: 02 May 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0202.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-1076

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity access control issue Mageia NVIDIA GPU

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