Updated nvidia-current packages fix security vulnerabilities
Publication date: 14 Jan 2021Modification date: 14 Jan 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7
CVE: CVE‑2021‑1052 , CVE‑2021‑1053 , CVE‑2021‑1056
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure (CVE‑2021‑1052). NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) IOCTL in which improper validation of a user pointer may lead to denial of service (CVE‑2021‑1053). NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) in which it does not completely honor operating system file system permissions to provide GPU device-level isolation, which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure (CVE‑2021‑1056).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28063
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-gpu-display-driver---january-2021
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE‑2021‑1052
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE‑2021‑1053
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE‑2021‑1056
SRPMS
7/nonfree
- nvidia-current-460.32.03-1.mga7.nonfree
7/core
- ldetect-lst-0.6.9.1-1.mga7