Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CVE-2022-21816
Summary
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published
