CVE-2026-24195 Denial of service in Guest driver

High 7.1 Published 26 May 2026 Updated 26 May 2026

A local user can cause a denial of service in the NVIDIA Linux display driver due to improper input validation in the UVM component.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2026-24195?

CVE-2026-24195 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 26 May 2026. 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 in UVM, where a user could cause improper input validation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24195?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2026-24195?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-24195 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-24195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Display Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p955-fv2h-g2fx, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24195.