USN-3240-1: NVIDIA graphics vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3240-1 20th March, 2017 nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions. Software description nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 – NVIDIA binary X.Org driver Details It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in thekernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial ofservice. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: nvidia-367 375.39-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-375 375.39-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-331 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-current 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-340-updates 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-331-updates 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-304-updates 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 nvidia-304 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: nvidia-367 375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 nvidia-375 375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [ more… ]