MGASA-2017-0013 Updated nvidia304 and nvidia340 packages fix security vulnerabilities

This proprietary nvidia340 and nvidia304 driver update fixes the following security issues: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvidia.ko handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an...

CVE-2016-8826

All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux where a user can cause a GPU interrupt storm, leading to a denial of service...

CVE-2016-8816

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of...

CVE-2016-8815

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of...

CVE-2016-8823: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape where the size of an input buffer is not validated leading to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges...

CVE-2016-8812

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA GeForce Experience R340 before GFE 2.11.4.125 and R375 before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvstreamkms.sys allowing a user to cause a stack buffer overflow with specially crafted executable paths, leading t...

CVE-2016-8810

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100009a where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without...

Design/Logic Flaw

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x5000027 where a pointer passed from an user to the driver is used without...

Design/Logic Flaw

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100009a where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without...

CVE-2016-8810

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100009a where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without...

CVE-2016-7382: Undefined Security Weakness

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an...

CVE-2016-8812: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA GeForce Experience R340 before GFE 2.11.4.125 and R375 before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer nvstreamkms.sys allowing a user to cause a stack buffer overflow with specially crafted executable paths, leading t...