NVIDIA Product Security Update Advisory (CVE-2026-24187)

Overview

NVIDIA has released security updates that address vulnerabilities in its products. affected are the GPU Display Driver for Linux, vGPU Guest Driver for Linux, Virtual GPU Manager, Cloud Gaming Guest Driver for Linux, and Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU Manager.

Resolved vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-24187. This is a **use-after-free (a vulnerability that reuses memory that has already been freed) issue in the NVIDIA Display Driver.

Affected Products and Versions

• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 595.below 71.05.
• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 580.159.03 or lower.
• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 535.309.01 or less.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 20.0 or less.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 19.4 or lower.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 16.13 or earlier.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 20.0 or less.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 19.4 or less.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 16.13 and below.
• Cloud Gaming Guest Driver for Linux. march 2026 release or earlier.
• Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU Manager (Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/VMware vSphere). march 2026 release or earlier.

Response

NVIDIA has provided a Vulnerability Patch in the latest update. users of the affected products should follow the instructions on the reference site to update to the latest version of the patch.

Patched versions

• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 595.71.05.
• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 580.159.03.
• GPU Display Driver for Linux (GeForce/NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla). 309.01. 535.309.01.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 20.1.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 19.5.
• vGPU Guest Driver for Linux. 16.14.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 20.1.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 19.5.
• Virtual GPU Manager (XenServer/VMware vSphere/Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/Ubuntu). 16.14.
• Cloud Gaming Guest Driver for Linux. april 2026 release.
• Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU Manager (Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM/VMware vSphere). released April 2026.