NVIDIA Display Driver Linux Kernel Module Race Condition DoS
CVE-2026-24199 Published on May 26, 2026

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where a user could cause a race condition by reordering compiler or processor memory instructions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-24199 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

CVE-2026-24199 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-24199

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Affected Versions

NVIDIA GeForce: NVIDIA GeForce: NVIDIA GeForce: NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS: NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS: NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS: NVIDIA Tesla: NVIDIA Tesla: NVIDIA Tesla: NVIDIA Guest driver: NVIDIA Guest driver: NVIDIA Guest driver: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager: