CVE-2021-1077

Published: 19 April 2021

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, R450 and R460 driver branch, contains a vulnerability where the software uses a reference count to manage a resource that is incorrectly updated, which may lead to denial of service.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	issue is in nvidia drivers, but kernels need to be respun to handle drivers
mdeslaur	some binary drivers are no longer support by NVidia, so they are marked as ignored here

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	xenial	Ignored
	impish	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	mantic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	xenial	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	groovy	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	bionic	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	impish	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (450.119.03)
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (460.73.01)
	xenial	Does not exist
	groovy	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	mantic	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (460.73.01)
	xenial	Does not exist
	bionic	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	groovy	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (460.73.01-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (418.197.02)
	bionic	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	groovy	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (418.197.02-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Ignored
	impish	Ignored
	jammy	Ignored
	kinetic	Ignored
	lunar	Ignored
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Ignored
nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Ignored
	impish	Ignored
	jammy	Ignored
	kinetic	Ignored
	lunar	Ignored
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Ignored
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Ignored
	impish	Ignored
	jammy	Ignored
	kinetic	Ignored
	lunar	Ignored
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Ignored
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Ignored
	impish	Ignored
	jammy	Ignored
	kinetic	Ignored
	lunar	Ignored
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (superseded)
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (390.143-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (390.143-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	groovy	Released (390.143-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (390.143-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (390.143-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (390.143-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (390.143-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (390.143-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (390.143)
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	groovy	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (450.119.03)
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Released (450.119.03-0ubuntu1)
nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored
	focal	Ignored
	groovy	Ignored
	hirsute	Ignored
	impish	Ignored
	jammy	Ignored
	kinetic	Ignored
	lunar	Ignored
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
	mantic	Ignored

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923062

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