CVE-2026-47568 Denial of service in GeForce
A local user can cause denial of service by triggering unrate-limited kernel log generation in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.
- 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-2026-47568?
CVE-2026-47568 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 user could cause uncontrolled kernel log generation by repeatedly invoking an interface that emits unrate-limited error messages. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47568?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47568?
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-2026-47568 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47568 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47568, GHSA-r9j8-9ghj-wg6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47568.