Resource Management Errors Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package, versions <340.101-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERSLEGACY340XX-385301
- published 16 Dec 2016
- disclosed 16 Dec 2016
Introduced: 16 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-8826 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx to version 340.101-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) where a user can cause a GPU interrupt storm, leading to a denial of service.