---
id: CVE-2026-47572
title: >-
  NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel
  mode layer where a user could cause type confusion
summary: >-
  NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel
  mode layer where a user could cause type confusion. A successful exploit of
  this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation
  of priv…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-843
vendor: NVIDIA
product: GeForce
affected:
  - GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
  - GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
  - rtx_quadro_nvs All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
  - rtx_quadro_nvs All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
  - rtx_quadro_nvs All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
  - rtx_quadro_nvs All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
  - Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
  - Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
  - Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
  - Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
  - GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
  - GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T04:18:07.527'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47572'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47572'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47572'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47572.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47572'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544085'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-01T00:00:00+00:00'
epss: 0.00136
epssPercentile: 0.03024
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T16:10:07.496Z'
---

## Overview

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where a user could cause type confusion. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-30 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47572.json)