Denial of service in NVIDIA vGPU Software

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU60221

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21816

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko). A remote user on the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

NVIDIA vGPU Software: 8.0 - 13.1

NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager) Driver: 8.0 - 13.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software_driver:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software_driver:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvidia_vgpu_software_driver:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.