Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5547-1 Critical: NVIDIA Drivers Denial Of Service

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August 3, 2022

Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

Software Description:

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- 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

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server: NVIDIA server driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-515: NVIDIA binary X.Org driver

- nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server: NVIDIA server driver

Details:

Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform

input validation in some situations. A local user could use this to cause a

denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31607)

Tal Lossos discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled

certain memory operations, leading to a null-pointer dereference. A local

attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu input validation NVIDIA drivers memory operations

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510-server  510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515-server  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.154-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510-server  510.85.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515-server  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390   390.154-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450-server  450.203.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470   470.141.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470-server  470.141.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510   510.85.02-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510-server  510.85.02-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515-server  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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