Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2020· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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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Affected products

Nvidia/Display Driver
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Range: <295.53
Nvidia/Linux drivers for Nvidia graphicsllm-create
Range: <295.53
Nvidia/Graphics Drivercpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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