CVE-2022-21816 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting NVIDIA vGPU software, specifically the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko) in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU and NVIDIA Virtual GPU products. A malicious user within a guest operating system can trigger an interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this local attack requires low privileges and complexity, with no confidentiality or integrity impact but high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming_virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0, < 8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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