CVE-2022-21816
mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- NVIDIA NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming≤ vGPU version 13.x (prior to 13.2), version 11.x (prior to 11.7) and version 8.x (prior 8.10).enisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2532Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-02-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia Treibern ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21816cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5321cnnvd
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-77636cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312enisa_euvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312Vendor Advisorynvd
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