CVE-2026-47565 Race condition in GeForce
A privileged user can exploit a race condition in the NVIDIA Linux GPU driver to achieve code execution and privilege escalation.
- 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-2026-47565?
CVE-2026-47565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 30 Sep 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 in the kernel mode layer where a privileged user could trigger a race condition that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47565?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47565?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-47565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47565, GHSA-chrp-xcqg-4729, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47565.