If you use a graphics card from Nvidia, you should update the GPU driver as soon as possible for security reasons. Otherwise, attackers could acquire higher rights, carry out DoS attacks or access data that is actually isolated. The majority of the gaps are classified with the threat level ” high “.

GPU and vGPU at risk According to a warning message, drivers protected against these attacks are for Linux ( 390. 141, 450. 102. 04, 460. 32. 03 ) and Windows ( 392. 63, 427. 11, 452. 277, 461. 09 ) published. Repaired Tesla drivers for Linux should be from 18. January 2021 appear.

In addition to the drivers for graphics cards of the GeForce series , Quadro, NVS, RTX and Tesla affect some vulnerabilities in Nvidia’s vGPU software. These are GPUs virtualized using Citrix or VMware, for example.

In addition to versions 8.6 and 11. 3 of the vGPU software for Linux, Windows & Co. are still the drivers 418. 181, 418. 181. 07, 427. 11, 452. 77, 450.102 and 450. 102. 04 secured against such attacks.

Nvidia lists further information on the security gaps such as CVE numbers and specifically affected driver and software versions in a warning message.

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