Bug 1222130 (CVE-2024-0079)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2024-0079: kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06,nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed: guest VM can cause a NULL pointer dereference in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	carlos.lopez, meissner
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/399335/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-0079:6.5:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2024-03-28 12:26:50 UTC

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user in a guest VM can cause a NULL-pointer dereference in the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-0079
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0079
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5520

Comment 2 Stefan Dirsch 2024-03-28 13:38:14 UTC

That's already fixed by 550.54.14. I opened a bug for this, but can't find it any longer. Marcus may still find it though.

Comment 3 Marcus Meissner 2024-04-03 09:35:16 UTC

we did not list a bug, but only CVEs apparently.

But it was released already.