| Name | CVE-2017-6259 |
| Description | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect detection and recovery from an invalid state produced by specific user actions may lead to denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 869783 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS) | jessie/non-free | 340.106-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch/non-free (security), stretch/non-free (lts), stretch/non-free | 390.144-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster/non-free | 418.226.00-3 | fixed |
| bullseye/non-free | 470.256.02-2 | fixed |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 535.183.01-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie/non-free-firmware, sid/non-free-firmware | 535.216.03-1 | fixed |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx (PTS) | jessie/non-free | 304.137-0~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch/non-free | 304.137-5~deb9u1 | fixed |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS) | stretch/non-free | 340.108-3~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster/non-free | 340.108-3~deb10u1 | fixed |
| sid/non-free | 340.108-23 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[wheezy] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <end-of-life> (Non-free not supported)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx <not-affected> (Limited to E384 and E375)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <not-affected> (Limited to E384 and E375)