---
id: CVE-2026-47599
title: >-
  NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the
  open-source kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause
  improper preservation of memory access permissions during DMA mapping
summary: >-
  NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the
  open-source kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause
  improper preservation of memory access permissions during DMA mapping. A
  successful exploit of thi…
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-281
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: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T04:18:18.593'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47599'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47599'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47599'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47599.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47599'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-30T17:20:05.517851Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T16:10:07.414Z'
epss: 0.0011
epssPercentile: 0.01262
---

## Overview

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the open-source kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause improper preservation of memory access permissions during DMA mapping. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-10-01 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47599.json)