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https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/17/nvidia-releases-security-update-for-out-of-support-gpus/
Nvidia published a security bulletin on May 16, 2022 in which it informs customers about a new software security update for the Nvidia GPU display driver. The update patches security issues in earlier driver versions that can lead to "denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering".
[...] In this particular case, Nvidia released security updates for Kepler-series graphics adapters that it no longer supports officially with Game Ready Drivers.
The company retired most products belonging to the GTX 600 and GTX 700 Kepler series in 2021. The first Kepler-based video cards were released in 2012 by Nvidia.
"Windows and Linux versions of the drivers are affected according to the security bulletin."
[...] The security bulletin lists a total of ten vulnerabilities in Nvidia GPU display drivers. Most are vulnerabilities in the kernel mode layer on Windows and Linux devices, while some address security issues in the DirectX11 user mode driver on Windows, or a vulnerability in the ECC layer.
Open source drivers and now legacy support? What's going on here?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2022, @12:17AM
Jokes on you, nvidia - i still use your geforce 7.
Uhm... geforce 7 TURBO - i'm no peasant.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by jasassin on Wednesday May 18 2022, @01:04AM (1 child)
Well done nVidia! Pretty cool (especially in this bizarre GPU supply/mining/inflation situation).
It’s also cool they’re diddling their driver source so it can be open now. I’m not sure if it’s 100% open source… anyone here in the know about that?
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by RamiK on Wednesday May 18 2022, @09:40AM
There's still a big firmware blob (slightly worse than AMD) and there's still a lot of user-mode libraries, headers and shims (libglx... cuda... basically most of the stuff that they put into /usr/lib/xorg/ and /usr/lib/: https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/440.36/README/installedcomponents.html [nvidia.com]) that are closed source.
compiling...
(Score: 4, Interesting) by looorg on Wednesday May 18 2022, @01:46AM (1 child)
They probably need the goodwill and positive press after all the bitcoin/cryptofarm stuff that totally screwed their previous and normal user base.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 19 2022, @06:15PM
If the stuff doesn't become cheap that's because the crypto miners are still buying it all up, in which case they still make lots of money.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MIRV888 on Wednesday May 18 2022, @05:55AM (2 children)
I was wondering why my GTX770 had an update out of the blue. It's been my media box for years so it doesn't go out to the internet much. They must be pretty bad vulnerabilities for Nvidia to patch them after support has ended.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2022, @06:10PM
they can mine crypto faster then the new ones :P
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(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday May 21 2022, @01:22AM
Either that or they sat on these updates for years, hoping to force users to upgrade to newer versions. Now that the years and numbers make that a pretty much moot point, why not release them and gain good press for doing something that helps a small few and doesn't hurt their bottom line.