Advisories » MGASA-2021-0202

Updated nvidia390 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 02 May 2021
Modification date: 02 May 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7 , 8
CVE: CVE-2021-1076

Description

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/Download/driverResults.aspx/173111/en-us
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1076

SRPMS

7/nonfree

• nvidia390-390.143-1.mga7.nonfree

8/nonfree

• nvidia390-390.143-1.mga8.nonfree