Privilege Escalation via Improper Permission in NVIDIA Display Driver (Linux)
CVE-2026-24194 Published on May 26, 2026
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where a user could cause improper permission handling. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-24194 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Preservation of Permissions
The software does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-24194
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA GeForce:- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version 595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) is affected.
- Version 580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) is affected.
- Version 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) is affected.
- Version 595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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