CVE-2022-21816

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service.

Affected products

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual Gpu: before 2022 — fixed in 2022
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software: from 8.0 before 8.10; from 11.0 before 11.7; from 13.0 before 13.2 — fixed in 11.7, 13.2, 8.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual Gpu 2022; NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.7, 13.2, 8.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

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