CVE-2012-0946

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 280.13-0ubuntu6.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 280.13-0ubuntu5.1
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

driver 96 is for older cards which aren't vulnerable to the issue

jdstrand

-173 is currently not installable or usable on 12.04 LTS. Nvidia is planning a driver update for this series, which will include the fix for this issue tseliot is working on the updates for 12.04 LTS

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
nvidia-graphics-drivers	Upstream: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/patches/security/CVE-2012-0946/
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173	Upstream: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/patches/security/CVE-2012-0946/
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates	Upstream: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/patches/security/CVE-2012-0946/
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates	Upstream: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/patches/security/CVE-2012-0946/

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)