NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NVIDIAOPENGPUKERNELMODULES-13537113
  • published13 Oct 2025
  • disclosed23 Oct 2025

Introduced: 13 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-23300  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules package and not the nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause a null pointer dereference by allocating a specific memory resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.