NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability which could allow an unprivileged attacker to escalate permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Honestly, I’d rather they disclose problems and fix them than just ignore them like so many others do. It’s the responsible thing to do.
Software is complicated and mistakes happen regularly.
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Nvidia is on a roll with the shitty drivers lately.
They’ve been shitty for decades tbh
Some of them bricked high end cards at some point didn’t they ?
I only remember the 3090 frying itself when playing New World, but, allegedly, that was only some units with faulty soldering.
Even on Windows I’m scared to update them
Last time I did (a year ago) I had a performance drop and had to rollback
Honestly, I’d rather they disclose problems and fix them than just ignore them like so many others do. It’s the responsible thing to do.
Software is complicated and mistakes happen regularly.
Oh, don’t worry, they do both
Oh. Cool. Carry on then.