CVE-2024-43703
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSoftware installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to achieve unauthorised reads and writes of physical memory from the GPU HW.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in GPU system call handling allows non-privileged user-space software to make improper GPU system calls that bypass memory access controls, enabling unauthorized reads and writes of physical system memory directly from GPU hardware.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify GPU hardware presentRun 'lspci | grep -i vga' or 'lspci | grep -i display' on Linux, or check Device Manager on Windows to list installed GPU devicesAffected if The system has a discrete or integrated GPU from any major vendor (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, etc.)
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Determine GPU driver versionOn Linux: 'nvidia-smi' for NVIDIA, 'lsmod | grep amdgpu' or 'cat /sys/class/drm/card*/device/driver_version' for AMD, 'cat /sys/class/drm/card*/device/driver' for Intel. On Windows: Check driver details in Device Manager under the GPU propertiesAffected if The driver version cannot be determined or is older than vendor-specific security patches for this vulnerability
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Check for GPU security advisoriesSearch GPU vendor security bulletins (NVIDIA Security Bulletin, AMD Security Advisory, Intel Security Center) using the CVE number or keywords about GPU memory access controlAffected if The installed driver version falls within an affected range listed in vendor security advisories for CVE-2024-43703 or similar GPU privilege bypass issues
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Verify GPU memory access controlsCheck if GPU Direct Memory Access (DMA) or GPU passthrough features are enabled: On Linux, check 'dmesg' for GPU-related messages, review /etc/modprobe.conf for GPU module parameters, or check virtualization settings if using GPU passthroughAffected if GPU DMA, passthrough, or direct memory mapping features are enabled and the driver lacks proper privilege validation for GPU system calls
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Review GPU system call permissionsMonitor system for GPU-related system calls using audit rules ('auditctl -w /dev/nvidia* -p rwxa' for NVIDIA, or similar for AMD/Intel), or check /proc/driver/*/version filesAffected if Non-privileged processes can access GPU device files (/dev/nvidia*, /dev/dri/*) without additional restrictions and the driver does not validate call privileges
If the system has a GPU with a driver version that lacks vendor security updates for CVE-2024-43703, the environment is affected by this privilege bypass vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided GPU driver and firmware updates that enforce proper privilege separation and memory access validation for GPU system calls; consider GPU passthrough virtualization with strict access controls until patched.
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