CVE-2022-31618: Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - August 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 IDs

Description

Base Score

Vector

CVE‑2022‑31606

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a failure to properly validate data might allow an attacker with basic user capabilities to cause an out-of-bounds access in kernel mode, which could lead to denial of service, information disclosure, escalation of privileges, or data tampering.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31607

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where a local user with basic capabilities can cause improper input validation, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and limited information disclosure.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31608

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in an optional D-Bus configuration file,
where a local user with basic capabilities can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31610

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys),
where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31617

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys),
where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31612

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.

7.1

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

CVE‑2022‑31613

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where any local user can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to a kernel panic.

7.1

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

CVE‑2022‑34665

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

6.5

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

CVE‑2022‑34666

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer,
where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

6.5

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

CVE‑2022‑31616

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to denial of service, or information disclosure.

6.1

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

CVE‑2022‑31615

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, 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

NVIDIA vGPU Software

CVE IDs

Description

Base Score

Vector

CVE‑2022‑31609

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it allows the guest VM to allocate resources for which the guest is not authorized. This vulnerability may lead to loss of data integrity and confidentiality, denial of service, or information disclosure.

7.8

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

CVE‑2022‑31614

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) where it may double-free some resources. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability with other vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, code execution, and information disclosure.

7.0

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

CVE‑2022‑31618

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it can dereference a null pointer, 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

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 consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate 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.

Windows Driver Branch

CVE IDs Addressed

R515, R510, R470, R450

CVE‑2022‑31606, CVE‑2022‑31610, CVE‑2022‑31612, CVE‑2022‑31613, CVE‑2022‑31616, CVE‑2022‑31617, CVE‑2022‑34665, CVE‑2022‑34666

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Windows Display Driver

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, Windows driver 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

R515

All driver versions

Available the week of August 8, 2022

Windows 10 and 11

R470

All driver versions prior to 473.81

473.81

Windows 7 and 8.x

R470

All driver versions prior to 473.81 for support of desktop Kepler-series GPUs

473.81

Studio

Windows

R515

All driver versions

Available the week of August 8, 2022

NVIDIA RTX/Quadro, NVS

Windows

R515

All driver versions prior to 516.94

516.94

R510

All driver versions prior to 513.46

513.46

R470

All driver versions prior to 473.81

473.81

Tesla

Windows

R515

All driver versions prior to 516.94

516.94

R510

All driver versions prior to 513.46

513.46

R470

All driver versions prior to 472.81

473.81

R450

All driver versions prior to 453.64

453.64

CVE IDs Addressed in Each Linux Driver Branch

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

Linux Driver Branch

CVE IDs Addressed

R515, R510, R470, R450, R390

CVE‑2022‑31607, CVE‑2022‑31608, CVE‑2022‑31615

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Linux Display Driver

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, Linux driver 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

Linux

R515

All driver versions prior to 515.65.01

515.65.01

R510

All driver versions prior to 510.85.02

510.85.02

R470

All driver versions prior to 470.141.03

470.141.03

R390

All driver versions prior to 390.154

390.154

NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS

Linux

R515

All driver versions prior to 515.65.01

515.65.01

R510

All driver versions prior to 510.85.02

510.85.02

R470

All driver versions prior to 470.141.03

470.141.03

R390

All driver versions prior to 390.154

390.154

Tesla

Linux

R515

All driver versions prior to 515.65.01

515.65.01

R510

All driver versions prior to 510.85.02

510.85.02

R470

All driver versions prior to 470.141.03

470.141.03

R450

All driver versions prior to 450.203.03

450.203.03

Notes:

• Your computer hardware vendor may provide you with Windows GPU display driver versions including 516.54, 513.39, 473.70 and 453.64 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.

Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products 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

Software Product

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

vGPU Software

Driver

vGPU Software

Driver

CVE‑2022‑31606
CVE‑2022‑31610
CVE‑2022‑31612
CVE‑2022‑31613
CVE‑2022‑31616
CVE‑2022‑31617
CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666

vGPU software (guest driver)

Windows

All versions prior to and including 14.1

512.78

14.2

513.46

All versions prior to and including 13.3

473.47

13.4

473.81

All versions prior to and including 11.8

453.51

11.9

453.64

CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666
CVE‑2022‑31613

vGPU software (guest driver)

Linux

All versions prior to and including 14.1

510.73.08

14.2

510.85.02

All versions prior to and including 13.3

470.129.06

13.4

470.141.03

All versions prior to and including 11.8

450.191.01

11.9

450.203.02

CVE‑2022‑31609
CVE‑2022‑31613
CVE‑2022‑31614
CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666
CVE‑2022‑31618

vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager)

Citrix Hypervisor,
VMware vSphere,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM

All versions prior to and including 14.1

510.73.06

14.2

510.85.03

All versions prior to and including 13.3

470.129.04

13.4

470.141.05

All versions prior to and including 11.8

450.191

11.9

450.203

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 software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.

CVE IDs Addressed

Software Product

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

CVE‑2022‑31606
CVE‑2022‑31610
CVE‑2022‑31612
CVE‑2022‑31613
CVE‑2022‑31616
CVE‑2022‑31617
CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

Windows

All versions

Available the week of August 8, 2022

CVE‑2022‑31607
CVE‑2022‑31613
CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

Linux

All versions

Available the week of August 8, 2022

CVE‑2022‑31607
CVE‑2022‑31609
CVE‑2022‑31613
CVE‑2022‑31614
CVE‑2022‑34665
CVE‑2022‑34666

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming(Virtual GPU Manager)

Citrix Hypervisor,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM

All versions

Available the week of August 8, 2022

Acknowledgements

NVIDIA thanks the following people for reporting the issues to us:

• CVE‑2022‑31606, CVE‑2022‑31612, CVE‑2022‑31616, and CVE‑2022‑31617 - Thierry Doré of Quarkslab
• CVE‑2022‑31607 - Le Wu of Baidu Security
• CVE‑2022‑31608 - Artem S. Tashkinov
• CVE‑2022‑31615 - Tal Lossos

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

August 2, 2022

Initial release

Support

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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