Upstream information

CVE-2021-1052 at MITRE

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1180694 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 libnvidia-container Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage 7.1 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libnvidia-container Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libnvidia-container Analysis