NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could bypass read-only memory protection due to incorrect authorization, enabling write access to memory marked read-only. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47591
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47591
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861