Nvidia cuda Toolkit Developer Drivers for Linux memory leakage Vulnerability

Nvidia cuda Toolkit Developer Drivers for Linux memory leakage Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Nvidia cuda Driver 3.x
Description:
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NVidia is the world's leading manufacturer of graphics processing chips and graphics cards.

Nvidia cuda Toolkit Developer Drivers for Linux has security vulnerabilities. Local attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to leak sensitive information.

The "cudaHostAlloc ()" and "cuMemHostAlloc ()" APIs return unused memory that may leak sensitive memory content.

<* Source: Luigi Auriemma (aluigi@pivx.com)
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Vendor patch:

NVIDIA
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Currently, the vendor does not provide patches or upgrade programs. We recommend that users who use the software follow the vendor's homepage to obtain the latest version:

Http://www.nvidia.com/