NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to expose sensitive information.
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled the GPU performance counters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access the application data processed on the GPU.
7 March 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to expose sensitive information.
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled the GPU performance counters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access the application data processed on the GPU.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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