CVE-2022-28190: Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - May 2022

Details

This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

CVE ID

Description

Base Score

Vector

CVE‑2022‑28181

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

8.5

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28182

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), where an unauthorized attacker on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution to cause denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

8.5

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28183

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to denial of service and information disclosure.

7.7

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28184

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can access administrator- privileged registers, which may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

7.1

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE‑2022‑28185

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the ECC layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.

6.8

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28186

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product receives input or data, but does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly, which may lead to denial of service or data tampering.

6.1

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28187

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys), where the memory management software does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, which may lead to denial of service.

5.5

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28188

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product receives input or data, but does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly, which may lead to denial of service.

5.5

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28189

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to a system crash.

5.5

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28190

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where improper input validation can cause denial of service.

5.5

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVIDIA vGPU Software

CVE ID

Description

Base Score

Vector

CVE‑2022‑28191

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where uncontrolled resource consumption can be triggered by an unprivileged regular user, which may lead to denial of service.

5.5

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE‑2022‑28192

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where it may lead to a use-after-free, which in turn may cause denial of service. This attack is complex to carry out because the attacker needs to have control over freeing some host side resources out of sequence, which requires elevated privileges.

4.1

AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver****CVE IDs Addressed in Each Windows Driver Branch

The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Windows driver branch.

Driver Branch

CVE IDs Addressed

R510

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28182, CVE‑2022‑28183, CVE‑2022‑28184, CVE‑2022‑28185, CVE‑2022‑28186, CVE‑2022‑28187, CVE‑2022‑28188, CVE‑2022‑28189, CVE‑2022‑28190

R470

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28182, CVE‑2022‑28183, CVE‑2022‑28184, CVE‑2022‑28185, CVE‑2022‑28186, CVE‑2022‑28188, CVE‑2022‑28189

R450

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28182, CVE‑2022‑28185, CVE‑2022‑28186, CVE‑2022‑28188, CVE‑2022‑28189

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Windows Display Driver

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update. Download the updates from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.

Software Product

Operating System

Driver Branch

Affected Driver Versions

Updated Driver Version

GeForce

Windows

R510

All versions prior to 512.77

512.77

Studio

Windows

R510

All versions prior to 512.96

512.96

NVIDIA RTX/Quadro, NVS

Windows

R510

All versions prior to 512.78

512.78

R470

All versions prior to 473.47

473.47

Tesla

Windows

R510

All versions prior to 512.78

512.78

R470

All versions prior to 473.47

473.47

R450

All versions prior to 453.51

453.51

Notes:

• Your computer hardware vendor may provide you with Windows GPU display driver versions including 512.36 and 473.34 which also contain the security updates.
• The table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions or branch releases and may be updated as more information becomes available.
• Earlier software branch releases that support these products may also be affected. If you are using an earlier branch release for which an update version is not listed above, NVIDIA recommends upgrading to the latest branch release.

CVE IDs Addressed in Each Linux Driver Branch

The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Linux driver branch.

Driver Branch

CVE IDs Addressed

R510 and R470

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28183, CVE‑2022‑28184, CVE‑2022‑28185, CVE‑2022‑28191, CVE‑2022‑28192

R450

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28185, CVE‑2022‑28192

R390

CVE‑2022‑28181, CVE‑2022‑28185

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Linux Display Driver

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update. Download the updates from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.

Software Product

Operating System

Driver Branch

Affected Driver Versions

Updated Driver Version

GeForce,
NVIDIA RTX/Quadro, NVS

Linux

R510

All versions prior to 510.73.05

510.73.05

R470

All versions prior to 470.129.06

470.129.06

R390

All versions prior to 390.151

390.151

Tesla

Linux

R510

All versions prior to 510.73.08

510.73.08

R470

All versions prior to 470.129.06

470.129.06

R450

All versions prior to 450.191.01

450.191.01

Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software

The following table lists the NVIDIA vGPU software components affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update. Log in to the NVIDIA Enterprise Application Hub to download updates from the NVIDIA Licensing Portal.

CVE IDs Addressed

vGPU Software Component

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

vGPU Software

Driver

vGPU Software

Driver

CVE‑2022‑28181
CVE‑2022‑28182
CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185
CVE‑2022‑28186
CVE‑2022‑28188
CVE‑2022‑28189
CVE‑2022‑28190

vGPU software (guest driver)

Windows

All versions prior to and including 14.0

511.65

14.1

512.78

All versions prior to and including 13.2

472.98

13.3

473.47

All versions prior to and including 11.7

453.37

11.8

453.51

CVE‑2022‑28181
CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185

vGPU software (guest driver)

Linux

All versions prior to and including 14.0

510.47.03

14.1

510.73.08

All versions prior to and including 13.2

470.103.01

13.3

470.129.06

All versions prior to and including 11.7

450.172.01

11.8

450.191.01

CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185
CVE‑2022‑28191
CVE‑2022‑28192

vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager)

Citrix Hypervisor,
VMware vSphere,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM

All versions prior to and including 14.0

510.47.03

14.1

510.73.06

All versions prior to and including 13.2

470.103.02

13.3

470.129.04

All versions prior to and including 11.7

450.172

11.8

450.191

Notes:

• The table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions or branch releases and may be updated as more information becomes available.
• Earlier software branch releases that support these products may also be affected. If you are using an earlier branch release for which an update version is not listed above, NVIDIA recommends upgrading to the latest branch release.

Security Updates for NVIDIA Cloud Gaming

The following table lists the NVIDIA Cloud Gaming components affected, versions affected, and the updated version. Log in to the NVIDIA Enterprise Application Hub to download updates from the NVIDIA Licensing Portal.

CVE IDs Addressed

Cloud Gaming Component

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

CVE‑2022‑28181

CVE‑2022‑28182
CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185
CVE‑2022‑28186
CVE‑2022‑28188
CVE‑2022‑28189
CVE‑2022‑28190

Cloud Gaming Guest Driver

Windows

All versions prior to and including the April 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

512.59

May 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

512.78

CVE‑2022‑28181
CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185

Cloud Gaming Guest Driver

Linux

All versions prior to and including the April 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.68.02

May 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.73.05

CVE‑2022‑28183
CVE‑2022‑28184
CVE‑2022‑28185
CVE‑2022‑28191
CVE‑2022‑28192

Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU Manager

Citrix Hypervisor,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM

All versions prior to and including the April 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.68.02

May 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.73.06

Notes:

• The table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions or branch releases and may be updated as more information becomes available.
• Earlier software branch releases that support these products may also be affected. If you are using an earlier branch release for which an update version is not listed above, NVIDIA recommends upgrading to the latest branch release.

Mitigations

None. For the version to install, refer to:

• Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
• Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software
• Security Updates for NVIDIA Cloud Gaming

Acknowledgements

NVIDIA thanks Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos for reporting CVE‑2022‑28181 and CVE 2022-28182.

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

2.0

May 24, 2022

Added version information for the updated R510 drivers for Studio and Tesla, and the vGPU software 14.1 driver

1.0

May 16, 2022

Initial release

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