what you don't know can hurt you

Register | Login

FilesNewsUsersAuthors

Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4689-4

Posted Jan 21, 2021

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 4689-4 - USN-4689-3 fixed vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA server graphics drivers. This update provides the corresponding updates for the NVIDIA Linux DKMS kernel modules. It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display driver for the Linux kernel contained a vulnerability that allowed user-mode clients to access legacy privileged APIs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, local, vulnerability

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2021-1052, CVE-2021-1053, CVE-2021-1056

SHA-256 | 970d0db5ff9552269ff336ce137d4ac668a1da885a9ce5fce9692eb15661a556

Download | Favorite | View

Related Files

No related files