CVE-2025-1706
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 trigger use-after-free kernel exceptions.
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 use-after-free vulnerability exists in kernel-level GPU driver code where non-privileged users can trigger improper system calls that cause the kernel to access freed memory, potentially leading to kernel exceptions or privilege escalation.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 installed GPU driversRun 'lsmod | grep -i gpu' or check /proc/modules for loaded GPU kernel modules (nvidia, amd, intel, nouveau, i915, amdgpu, radeon)Affected if Any proprietary or open-source GPU kernel modules are loaded
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Check GPU driver versionFor NVIDIA: 'cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version'; For AMD: 'lsmod | grep amdgpu' then check /sys/module/amdgpu/version if available; For Intel: check /sys/module/i915/versionAffected if Unable to determine version or version falls within vulnerable range (if known)
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Verify untrusted user access to GPUCheck /dev/dri/* permissions with 'ls -la /dev/dri/*' and review /etc/group for gpu-related groups; check for any render nodes accessible by non-privileged usersAffected if Non-privileged or untrusted users have read/write access to GPU device nodes (render nodes in /dev/dri/)
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Confirm kernel versionRun 'uname -r' to identify the kernel versionAffected if Kernel version is recent and GPU drivers are in use (vulnerability is in driver code, not necessarily kernel)
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Check for GPU-related system calls exposureReview audit logs or use 'ausearch' for suspicious GPU-related system calls from non-privileged users; check dmesg for GPU-related kernel warnings or errorsAffected if Non-privileged users are actively making GPU system calls that trigger kernel warnings or errors
Users are affected if they have GPU kernel drivers loaded and non-privileged users have access to GPU contexts or device nodes, allowing them to trigger the use-after-free condition.
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-supplied patches or updates to the GPU driver/kernel modules; restrict untrusted users from GPU-accessible contexts until patches are applied.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-1706 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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