Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-24199 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-24199 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-24199?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.7, published 26 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-24199?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-24199 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-24199?
- Check whether you run Nvidia Display Driver for Linux. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A race condition vulnerability (CWE-362) exists within an NVIDIA Linux kernel module due to improper synchronization of shared resources. An attacker with local user privileges can exploit this by reordering compiler or processor memory instructions to trigger inconsistent states. The attack complexity is high as it requires precise timing or specific execution conditions to successfully trigger the race. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability results in a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the kernel or the display driver.
Affected products
- NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux
Timeline
- 2026-05-26: disclosed
- 2026-05-26: advisory