CVE-2021-1100 Null dereference in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software
A null pointer dereference in the NVIDIA vGPU kernel driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1100?
CVE-2021-1100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 21 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager kernel mode driver (nvidia.ko), in which a pointer to a user-space buffer is not validated before it is dereferenced, which may lead to denial of service. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.3), version 11.x (prior to 11.5) and version 8.x (prior 8.8).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1100?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1100?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-1100 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1100 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qp98-xmvw-85jp.