CVE-2022-31607 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager)
A local user can exploit improper input validation in the NVIDIA Linux kernel driver to escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or tamper with data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-31607?
CVE-2022-31607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 18 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where a local user with basic capabilities can cause improper input validation, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and limited information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31607?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming Guest, Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2022-31607?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-31607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver
- CVE-2022-31606 Memory corruption in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
- CVE-2022-31610 Memory corruption in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
- CVE-2022-31617 Memory corruption in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
- CVE-2022-31612 Information disclosure in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
- CVE-2022-31613 Null dereference in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31607, GHSA-5wf4-668w-4pp5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31607.