#VU60221 Resource management error in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager) Driver - CVE-2022-21816 

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#VU60221 Resource management error in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager) Driver - CVE-2022-21816

Published: February 1, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60221
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA vGPU Software
NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager) Driver
Software vendor:
nVidia

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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