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CVE-2015-5950 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2015-5950: The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352.41 on Linux; and R352 before 352.46 on GRID vGPU and vSGA allows local users to write to an arbitrary kernel memory location and consequently gain privileges v

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2015-5950 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers→ fixed in340.93-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nvidia-graphics-drivers

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers→ fixed in340.93-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nvidia-graphics-drivers

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers→ fixed in340.93-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nvidia-graphics-drivers
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