USN-5547-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

3 August 2022

Several security issues were fixed in NVIDIA graphics drivers.

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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-2022-31615)

Artem S. Tashkinov discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers Dynamic
Boost D-Bus component did not properly restrict access to its endpoint.
When enabled in non-default configurations, a local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-31608)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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

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