Local data disclosure or tampering via integer overflow
Published Dec 30, 2022 · Updated Apr 11, 2025
Integer overflow in nvidia.ko in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux allows local users to disclose or tamper with data. NVIDIA has not published the affected function, input path, or arithmetic operation beyond identifying an integer overflow in the nvidia.ko kernel module. A local account with low privileges and no user interaction is required, and the reported consequence is limited to information disclosure or data tampering.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in nvidia.ko in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux allows local users to disclose or tamper with data. NVIDIA has not published the affected function, input path, or arithmetic operation beyond identifying an integer overflow in the nvidia.ko kernel module. A local account with low privileges and no user interaction is required, and the reported consequence is limited to information disclosure or data tampering.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42265
- Published
- Dec 30, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 11, 2025
- Vendor
- NVIDIA
- Product
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 30, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release
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