NVIDIA Releases Security Update 473.47 WHQL Driver for Kepler GPUs

[AleksandarK]

Ten years ago, in 2012, NVIDIA introduced its Kepler series of graphics cards based on the TSMC 28 nm node. Architecture has been supported for quite a while now by NVIDIA's drivers, and the last series to carry support was the 470 driver class. Today, NVIDIA pushed a security update in the form of a 473.47 WHQL driver that brings fixes to various CVE vulnerabilities that can cause anything from issues that may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering. This driver version has no fixed matters and doesn't bring any additional features except the fix for vulnerabilities. With CVEs rated from 4.1 to 8.5, NVIDIA has fixed major issues bugging Kepler GPU users. With a high risk for code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering, the 473.47 WHQL driver is another step for supporting Kepler architecture until 2024, when NVIDIA plans to drop the support for this architecture. Supported cards are GT 600, GT 700, GTX 600, GTX 700, Titan, Titan Black, and Titan Z.

The updated drivers are available for installation on NVIDIA's website and for users of TechPowerUp's NVCleanstall software.


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[agent_x007]

How is it possible for Kepler only driver to be 700MB+ in size ?

 

[P4-630]

How is it possible for Kepler only driver to be 700MB+ in size ?

Must be the fixes to various CVE vulnerabilities

 

[eidairaman1]

Must be the fixes to various CVE vulnerabilities

Wouldn 'tbe surprised if Pascal, Turing are on the list next.

 

[Solaris17]

Wouldn 'tbe surprised if Pascal, Turing are on the list next.

No need to wonder, its not like they keep it secret.

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[Dr. Dro]

How is it possible for Kepler only driver to be 700MB+ in size ?

This driver is based out of the r470 branch, which supports all hardware right up to Ampere. They simply removed Maxwell and newer from the INF file, but if you want to run an r470 driver for any reason, their Vulkan developer drivers still run on this branch.

Branch progression for this driver goes something like this:

473.60 (VK470_92-44) --> current Vulkan developer driver
...
473.47 (r473_41-3) --> this security hotfix driver
...
472.12 (r470_00-280) --> last mainline driver that installed on Kepler
...
470.05 (bugfix_main-16870) --> infamous LHR self-own driver

The developer builds actually still seem to install on Kepler (due to an oversight) with bizarre results, since Vulkan and OpenGL fail to initialize

In any case... this is the driver you will want to run if you still have one of these cards

 

[Mussels]

Still, good that they're doing security updates for otherwise old and dead GPU's

 

[Verpal]

Still, good that they're doing security updates for otherwise old and dead GPU's

Eh, wouldn't call Kepler old and dead, got my cousin a relatively cheap original GTX Titan during GPU apocalypse, after a repaste it still plays most game in 1080P 60fps decently.

 

[trsttte]

Eh, wouldn't call Kepler old and dead, got my cousin a relatively cheap original GTX Titan during GPU apocalypse, after a repaste it still plays most game in 1080P 60fps decently.

It's "dead" in terms of support, game ready driver support was discontinued by nvidia back in october, only security releases like this now

 

[Assimilator]

Where are all the people who un-ironically use the phrase "NGREEDIA" now, I wonder. Because obviously they're making money from releasing this driver, right? Right?

 

[Mussels]

Eh, wouldn't call Kepler old and dead, got my cousin a relatively cheap original GTX Titan during GPU apocalypse, after a repaste it still plays most game in 1080P 60fps decently.

I mean... we've had the 7 and 9 series, then 10 20 and 30.
5 generations old, i'm gunna call it very retired.

I mean that's the same year we had Ivy bridge as the CPU leader, no one argues that they're modern or alive and kicking (Despite the fact i have two ivy bridge and one sandy bridge systems in the house)

 

[eidairaman1]

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I mean... we've had the 7 and 9 series, then 10 20 and 30.
5 generations old, i'm gunna call it very retired.

I mean that's the same year we had Ivy bridge as the CPU leader, no one argues that they're modern or alive and kicking (Despite the fact i have two ivy bridge and one sandy bridge systems in the house)

Yup it's as Retired as my Sapphire R9 290 VaporX.

Oh @Assimilator ngreedia lol