CVE-2022-21816: Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - February 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‑2022‑21813

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service.

6.1

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

CVE‑2022‑21814

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver package, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service.

6.1

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

CVE‑2022‑21815

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for private IOCTLs where a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel, created within user mode code, may lead to a denial of service in the form of a system crash.

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‑2022‑21816

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a 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 evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU 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.

**Windows **

CVE IDs Addressed

Software Product

Operating System

Driver Branch

Affected Driver Versions

Updated Driver Version

CVE‑2022‑21815

GeForce

Windows

R510

All versions prior to 511.65

511.65

Windows 10 and 11

R470

All drivers versions prior to 472.98 for support of GeForce Kepler desktop

472.98

Windows 7 and 8.x

R470

All drivers versions prior to 473.04

473.04

Studio

Windows

R510

All driver versions prior to 511.65

511.65

NVIDIA RTX/Quadro, NVS

Windows

R510

All driver versions prior to 511.65

511.65

R470

All drivers versions prior to 472.98

472.98

Tesla

Windows

R510

All drivers versions prior to 511.65

511.65

R470

All drivers versions prior to 472.98

472.98

R450

All drivers versions prior to 453.37

453.37

Linux

CVE IDs Addressed

Software Product

Operating System

Driver Branch

Affected Driver Versions

Updated Driver Version

CVE‑2022‑21813
CVE‑2022‑21814

GeForce

Linux

R510

All drivers versions prior to 510.47.03

510.47.03

R470

All drivers versions prior to 470.103.01

470.103.01

NVIDIA RTX/ Quadro, NVS

Linux

R510

All drivers versions prior to 510.47.03

510.47.03

R470

All drivers versions prior to 470.103.01

470.103.01

Tesla

Linux

R510

All drivers versions prior to 510.47.03

510.47.03

R470

All drivers versions prior to 470.103.01

470.103.01

Notes:

• Your computer hardware vendor may provide you with Windows GPU display driver versions including 511.66, 497.30, 472.91, and 453.35 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, we recommend 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. 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‑2022‑21815

vGPU software (guest driver)

Windows

All versions prior to and including 13.1

472.39

13.2

472.98

All versions prior to and including 11.6

453.23

11.7

453.37

All versions prior to and including 8.9

427.60

8.10

427.71

CVE‑2022‑21813

vGPU software (guest driver)

Linux

All versions prior to and including 13.1

470.82.00

13.2

470.103.01

All versions prior to and including 11.6

450.156.00

11.7

450.172.01

All versions prior to and including 8.9

418.226.00

8.10

418.240

CVE‑2022‑21816

vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager)

Citrix Hypervisor,
VMware vSphere,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM,
Ubuntu,
Nutanix AHV

All versions prior to and including 13.1

470.82

13.2

470.103.02

All versions prior to and including 11.6

450.156

11.7

450.172

All versions prior to and including 8.9

418.226.00

8.10

418.240

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, we recommend 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. 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

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

Cloud Gaming Software

Driver

CVE‑2022‑21815

Cloud Gaming Guest Driver

Windows

All versions prior to and including the November 2021 Cloud Gaming Release

497.09

January 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

511.65

CVE‑2022‑21813

Cloud Gaming Guest Driver

Linux

All versions prior to and including the November 2021 Cloud Gaming Release

495.50

January 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.47.03

CVE‑2022‑21816

Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU Manager

Citrix Hypervisor,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM

All versions prior to and including the November 2021 Cloud Gaming Release

495.50

January 2022 Cloud Gaming Release

510.47.03

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, we recommend upgrading to the latest branch release.

Mitigations

None. See Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software, or Security Updates for NVIDIA Cloud Gaming for the version to install.

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

February 1, 2022

Initial release

Support

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