=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5276-1
February 08, 2022

nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-470,
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-510
vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Software Description:
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server: NVIDIA Server Driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-470: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server: NVIDIA Server Driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-510: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

Details:

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled
permissions in the kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue
to write to protected memory and cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5276-1
  CVE-2022-21813, CVE-2022-21814

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 5276-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

February 8, 2022
Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server 450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5276-1

CVE-2022-21813, CVE-2022-21814

Severity
February 08, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server/450.172.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server/470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/510.47.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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