CVE-2025-23282 Race condition in GeForce
An attacker can exploit a race condition in the NVIDIA Linux display driver to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
- 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-2025-23282?
CVE-2025-23282 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 10 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23282?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23282?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-23282 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23282 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23282, ECHO-18b5-582e-57d8, GHSA-r7fp-qp23-pmqp, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23282.