CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-0185

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Published: Apr 01, 2023 | Modified: Oct 19, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where sign conversion issuescasting an unsigned primitive to signed may lead to denial of service or information disclosure.

Weakness

When converting from one data type to another, such as long to integer, data can be omitted or translated in a way that produces unexpected values. If the resulting values are used in a sensitive context, then dangerous behaviors may occur.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Virtual_gpu Nvidia * 11.12 (excluding)
Virtual_gpu Nvidia 13.0 (including) 13.7 (excluding)
Virtual_gpu Nvidia 15.0 (including) 15.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References