Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nvidia-graphics-drivers-331  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS331-619408
  • published16 Dec 2016
  • disclosed16 Dec 2016

Introduced: 16 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-8826  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.