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It's Recommended To Avoid Using The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver On Linux 6.3 (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 years ago by vividspecter@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Linux 6.3 triggers a use-after-free inside #nouveau with the consequence of corruption kernel memory.

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[–] islandmonkeee@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I'm sorry but Nouveau is just hot trash

[–] gawdahm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Good thing that not too many people use nouveau

[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Afaik only with very old cards you should use nouveau. Nvidia put some shenanigans on drivers and nouveau team cannot reverse-engineer the new cards.

[–] vividspecter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure of the full details, but that has changed recently: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Ampere-Firmware-Blobs

[–] skymtf@pricefield.org 1 points 2 years ago

I cannot wait for Nvidia stuff to just be a part of MESA