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Yes, another reason for you AMD/ATI users to gloat. But not you Linux
users; the bugs affect you too ;-)

But there have been a number of 'high-severity' bugs that allow
enabling unexpected code-execution that could lead to someone getting administrative access to your computer and data. 15 such
vulnerabilities reported in the last 24 hours.

Fortunately, the most recent drivers have all of the (currently known)
security holes fixed, so while I'm not usually the sort to recommend
grabbing the latest-and-greatest drivers, maybe in this case you
should.

For Windows, that means at least v596.49 (for modern GPUs) or v482.53
(for GeForce 10-series or older). On Linux, you want v590.48.01

Details here:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821


And before you AMD users get too smug... don't be so secure in the
idea that your software doesn't have similar vulnerabilities that just
haven't been reported yet. Nvidia is terrible with drivers, sure, but
AMD hasn't been all that great about that sort of thing either. It's
probably a good idea to update those drivers too.


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Huh? I thought they stopped supporting my GeForce GTX 750 Ti! I missed
the last one before the new one. No updated drivers for my old 8800 GT
since 11/10/2015, but that's in Debian/Linux with its opensource
driver. :P Thanks. ;)


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, another reason for you AMD/ATI users to gloat. But not you Linux
users; the bugs affect you too ;-)

But there have been a number of 'high-severity' bugs that allow
enabling unexpected code-execution that could lead to someone getting administrative access to your computer and data. 15 such
vulnerabilities reported in the last 24 hours.

Fortunately, the most recent drivers have all of the (currently known) security holes fixed, so while I'm not usually the sort to recommend
grabbing the latest-and-greatest drivers, maybe in this case you
should.

For Windows, that means at least v596.49 (for modern GPUs) or v482.53
(for GeForce 10-series or older). On Linux, you want v590.48.01

Details here:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821

And before you AMD users get too smug... don't be so secure in the
idea that your software doesn't have similar vulnerabilities that just haven't been reported yet. Nvidia is terrible with drivers, sure, but
AMD hasn't been all that great about that sort of thing either. It's
probably a good idea to update those drivers too.

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On Thu, 21 May 2026 00:43:23 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

But there have been a number of 'high-severity' bugs that allow
enabling unexpected code-execution that could lead to someone getting
administrative access to your computer and data. 15 such
vulnerabilities reported in the last 24 hours.

For Windows, that means at least v596.49 (for modern GPUs) or v482.53
(for GeForce 10-series or older). On Linux, you want v590.48.01

Huh? I thought they stopped supporting my GeForce GTX 750 Ti! I missed
the last one before the new one. No updated drivers for my old 8800 GT
since 11/10/2015, but that's in Debian/Linux with its opensource
driver. :P Thanks. ;)

It's surprising how little splash this had made in the news. The only
reason I even noticed is that Windows Update started offering an
updated nvidia driver, which was pretty unusual. WU rarely offers
driver updates. So I did some peeking and prodding and found out it
was because there were so many vulnerabilities being found Microsoft
took it upon themselves to update their users.

(Not that I used the Microsoft-provided drivers; I went to the
official source. I've been burned by Windows-Update drivers more than
a few times in the past, and while those sort of problems may not be
an issue anymore, I prefer to do the extra legwork... just to be safe. Microsoft isn't a company that inspires me with confidence ;-)




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On Thu, 21 May 2026 12:13:12 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Microsoft isn't a company that inspires me with confidence ;-)

Maybe, but their investment in security for their own software
distribution is a lot more rigorous than most other companies, due to
the sheer amount of liability at stake.

If Microsoft drops the ball and a supply chain attack infects all Dept
of Defense with ransomware through Windows Update, it's a lot more
serious and costly than if a video card vendor has a supply chain
exploit incident on a specific game driver release.

So basically...

... stifle it Edith, will yas?

:)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

It's surprising how little splash this had made in the news. The only
reason I even noticed is that Windows Update started offering an
updated nvidia driver, which was pretty unusual.

Nvidia didn't exactly advertize this in the release notes either. Just
listed two bug fixes for v596.49. Much the same for v596.36 where those security fixes apparently went. I guess they don't want to pollute their release notes with tedious security bulletings.
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