Race Condition Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers package, versions <295.53-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS-19233853
  • published24 Aug 2026
  • disclosed8 May 2020

Introduced: 8 May 2020

CVE-2012-0953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest nvidia-graphics-drivers to version 295.53-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1