CVE-2022-42256 — NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow in index validation may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.

01What is this vulnerability?

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow in index validation may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	vGPU software (guest driver)	Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager) — All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-10T19:50:24.896Z

09References

• nvidia.custhelp.com — https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02