NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where the...

zetlyn/cve-ghsa vulnerability ghsa GHSA-r37f-4h3r-rmc8 cve CVE-2026-47561 known 2026-09-30

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r37f-4h3r-rmc8

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