CVE-2025-23282
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 · uneditedNVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
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 confidenceNVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a race condition vulnerability that allows an attacker to achieve privilege escalation. The race condition can be exploited to gain elevated code execution privileges, potentially leading to data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
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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
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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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Verify NVIDIA display driver is installedRun 'lsmod | grep nvidia' to check if any NVIDIA kernel modules are loaded, or check for driver files in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ or similar pathsAffected if No NVIDIA driver components are found on the system, then it is not affected by this CVE
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Determine installed driver versionRun 'nvidia-smi' (if available) or check the driver version from /proc/driver/nvidia/version, or use 'modinfo nvidia' to retrieve version metadataAffected if The installed version is unknown or falls within the vulnerable version range (comparison to CVE-2025-23282 affected versions is required)
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Confirm the vulnerable component is in useCheck if display-related NVIDIA services are running: 'systemctl list-units | grep nvidia' or verify NVIDIA GPU is actively in use via 'nvidia-smi' output showing GPU utilizationAffected if The driver is installed but not actively loaded or in use, the exploit surface may be reduced but the vulnerability still exists in the installed binary
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Check for race condition trigger conditionsInspect system for signs of concurrent driver operations: monitor /dev/nvidia* device access patterns, check for multiple processes accessing GPU simultaneously via 'lsof /dev/nvidia*'Affected if Multiple processes or threads accessing NVIDIA driver interfaces simultaneously could potentially trigger the race condition
If the system has an installed NVIDIA display driver for Linux and the installed version matches the affected versions for CVE-2025-23282, the environment is vulnerable to privilege escalation via the described race 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 the latest NVIDIA display driver patch for Linux to address the race condition vulnerability. Prioritize patching on systems with untrusted users or network-facing display services.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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