Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2020· Updated Sep 17, 2024
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
CVE-2012-0953
Description
A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
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1- Range: unspecified
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References
1- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373mitrex_refsource_MISC
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