CVE-2026-47551

A flaw was found in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. A local user can trigger a use-after-free condition in the kernel-mode driver layer, where previously freed memory is improperly referenced. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, escalate privileges, cause a denial of service (DoS), or expose sensitive information.

This vulnerability is evaluated as Important because an authenticated local user can exploit a kernel-level use-after-free flaw to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. While the potential blast radius involves complete compromise of kernel integrity and host availability, exploitation is constrained by requiring local access to a system configured with proprietary NVIDIA graphics hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases are not affected by this flaw because the vulnerable code is not present in shipped packages.

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