CVE-2025-23282: 
NVIDIA Graphics Driver vulnerability analysis and mitigation

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-23282) where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 9, 2025, affecting multiple NVIDIA GPU display driver versions across different branches (R580, R570, R535) for Linux systems. This high-severity vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (NVIDIA Bulletin).

The vulnerability is classified as a race condition issue (CWE-362) in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux. It has been assigned a CVSS vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access required, high attack complexity, low privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The vulnerability affects multiple driver branches including R580 (versions prior to 580.95.05), R570 (versions prior to 570.195.03), and R535 (versions prior to 535.274.02) (NVIDIA Bulletin).

A successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to multiple severe consequences including code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure. The high severity score of 7.0 reflects the significant potential impact on affected systems (NVIDIA Bulletin).

NVIDIA has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their drivers to the following versions: For GeForce Linux users - R580: version 580.95.05, R570: version 570.195.03, R535: version 535.274.02. Similar updates are available for NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla products. The updates can be downloaded through the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page (NVIDIA Bulletin).

The vulnerability was reported by security researchers Sam Lovejoy and Valentina Palmiotti, who were acknowledged by NVIDIA for their discovery (NVIDIA Bulletin).