Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3173-1 Critical: NVIDIA Drivers Denial Of Service

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January 18, 2017

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the

kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of

service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu driver issue nvidia drivers

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
  nvidia-304                      304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-331                      340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-340                      340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  nvidia-current                  304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  nvidia-304                      304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-304-updates              304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-331                      340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-331-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340                      340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-340-updates              340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  nvidia-current                  304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.