CVE-2017-6264: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA GPU driver (gm20b_clk_throt_set_cdev_state), where an out of bound memory read is used as a function pointer could lead to code execution in the kernel.This issue is rated as high because it could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-34705430. References: N-CVE-2017-6264.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.