What is GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv?

GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv cover?

GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-47557. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv?

GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vvMediumCVSS 5.5

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 30, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-47557 →

📋 Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could cause a NULL pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47557
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47557
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whv5-r5g8-x8vv