CVE-2026-24198 Race condition in GeForce
An attacker can exploit a race condition in the NVIDIA Linux GPU driver to leak sensitive memory, causing information disclosure and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-24198?
CVE-2026-24198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, 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 GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an advanced attacker could use a race condition to leak sensitive memory, which might cause limited exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, data tampering, and information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24198?
How do I fix CVE-2026-24198?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-24198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-24198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8gw2-w6v7-3m98, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24198.