NVIDIA provides open precompiled driver packages only for the latest official RHEL kernel.
Precompiled drivers signed by Red Hat enable driver kernel modules to load seamlessly with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, requiring no additional system modifications. This makes Red Hat Enterprise Linux and NVIDIA GPUs an ideal platform for Confidential Compute workloads.
If you use an earlier kernel, update and then opt-into a precompiled modularity stream. This approach does not require the gcc compiler to be installed, resulting in a reduced attack surface and faster boot up times on kernel and/or driver updates. Using these precompiled kmod packages offers greater stability, as the exact NVIDIA driver version and kernel version string combination has been pre-tested.
New kmod packages are typically available within 72 hours of a new RHEL kernel update.
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| Date | Component | Driver version | Kernel version | Kernel suffix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 570.133.20 | 5.14.0-503.40.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.163.01 | 5.14.0-503.40.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 535.247.01 | 5.14.0-503.40.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 570.133.20 | 5.14.0-503.38.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.163.01 | 5.14.0-503.38.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-29 | kmod-nvidia-open | 535.247.01 | 5.14.0-503.38.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.144.03 | 5.14.0-503.35.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 565.57.01 | 5.14.0-503.35.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2025-04-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 570.124.06 | 5.14.0-503.35.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-23 | kmod-nvidia-open | 535.216.03 | 5.14.0-503.19.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-23 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.127.08 | 5.14.0-503.19.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-23 | kmod-nvidia-open | 565.57.01 | 5.14.0-503.19.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.127.08 | 5.14.0-503.16.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 565.57.01 | 5.14.0-503.16.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-17 | kmod-nvidia-open | 535.216.03 | 5.14.0-503.16.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-10 | kmod-nvidia-open | 535.216.03 | 5.14.0-503.15.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-10 | kmod-nvidia-open | 565.57.01 | 5.14.0-503.15.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| 2024-12-10 | kmod-nvidia-open | 550.127.08 | 5.14.0-503.15.1 | el9_5.x86_64 |
| Branch | Arch | Version |
|---|---|---|
| r570 | x86_64 | 570.133.20 |
| r550 | x86_64 | 550.163.01 |
| r535 | x86_64 | 535.247.01 |
$ sudo dnf module install nvidia-driver:570-open-gpu
$ sudo dnf module install nvidia-driver:570-open-gpu/fm
$ dnf nvidia-plugin