CVE-2012-0946

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 280.13-0ubuntu6.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 280.13-0ubuntu5.1
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

driver 96 is for older cards which aren't vulnerable to the issue

jdstrand

-173 is currently not installable or usable on 12.04 LTS. Nvidia is planning a driver update for this series, which will include the fix for this issue tseliot is working on the updates for 12.04 LTS

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
nvidia-graphics-drivers
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1420-1
    • NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
    • 11 April 2012

Other references