nvidia geforce CVE-2026-47557 vulnerability in NVIDIA Products
Published on September 30, 2026

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-47557 can be exploited 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 have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

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

Weakness Type

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-47557

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Affected Versions

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