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NVIDIA Linux vGPU Display Driver (February 2022)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 158893

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Synopsis

A display driver installed on the remote Linux host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The NVIDIA vGPU display driver software on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

 - NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21816)

Note that Nessus has not tested for the issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the NVIDIA graphics driver in accordance with the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 158893

File Name: nvidia_vgpu_unix_2022_02.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/14/2022

Updated: 3/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21816

IAVA: 2022-A-0102-S