Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw affects NVIDIA Jetson TX2 systems before R28.3. A kernel driver may trust a user-supplied pointer during IOCTL handling, creating risks from information leakage and crashes to privilege escalation or code execution. The source bundle does not provide CVSS scoring or confirmed exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for any Jetson TX2 systems in production or sensitive environments. The potential impact reaches privilege escalation and code execution, but available evidence does not show active exploitation or a public severity score.
Technical view
CVE-2018-6269 is an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 kernel driver IOCTL handling issue involving non-trusted pointer dereference from user-mode requests. Reported impacts include information disclosure, denial of service, privilege escalation, or code execution. Updates apply to versions before R28.3.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to NVIDIA Jetson TX2 or Jetson Tegra TX2 systems running software prior to R28.3. Confirm deployed Jetson release levels and whether the vulnerable kernel driver is present.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not state active exploitation, and KEV status is false. The wording points to user-mode IOCTL interaction, but the sources do not fully define attacker prerequisites, exploit reliability, or whether remote paths exist.
Researcher notes
Key unknowns are CVSS, exact vulnerable driver component, attacker prerequisites, and exploit maturity. Treat this as a kernel trust-boundary issue and validate exposure through NVIDIA release level and advisory mapping, not generic product assumptions.
Mitigation direction
- Update affected Jetson TX2 systems to R28.3 or vendor-recommended later guidance.
- Review NVIDIA advisories 4787 and 4804 for applicable update instructions.
- Inventory Jetson TX2 devices and record installed release versions.
- Restrict untrusted local user access until affected systems are updated.
Validation and detection
- Confirm each Jetson TX2 device is not running a release prior to R28.3.
- Verify NVIDIA advisory applicability against device model and deployed software release.
- Check vulnerability management records for CVE-2018-6269 coverage.
- Document any systems that cannot be updated and track compensating controls.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4787CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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