How to update NVIDIA-SMI and NVML in wsl-ubuntu?

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i notice that after i update nvidia driver in windows, nvidia-smi version in wsl is not the same as in windows.
in WSL, the driver is updated but nvidia-smi and nvml is not. why is that and how to update it?

Windows 10:
NVIDIA-SMI version : 552.12
NVML version : 552.12
DRIVER version : 552.12
CUDA Version : 12.4

WSL2- ubuntu:
NVIDIA-SMI version : 550.73.01
NVML version : 550.73
DRIVER version : 552.12
CUDA Version : 12.4

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I have the same issue; when I run nvidia-smi it has a seg fault - interestingly when I run nvidia-smi.exe there is no seg fault and versions are all correct:

Windows 11:
NVIDIA-SMI version : 551.86
NVML version : 551.86
DRIVER version : 551.86
CUDA Version : 12.4

WSL2 (Ubuntu):
NVIDIA-SMI version : 550.65
NVML version : 550.65
DRIVER version : 551.86
CUDA Version : 12.4

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I have run into the same issue. On Windows side, nvidia-smi reports 560.86, but in WSL it is 560.34.

Moreover, gdb backtrace of nvidia-smi execution shows that the crash is in the driver:

(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/lib/wsl/lib/nvidia-smi
Downloading separate debug info for system-supplied DSO at 0x7ffff7fc3000
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Downloading separate debug info for /usr/lib/wsl/lib/libnvidia-ml.so.1
Downloading separate debug info for /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
Downloading separate debug info for /usr/lib/wsl/lib/libcuda.so.1
Downloading separate debug info for /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libcuda.so.1.1
Sun Dec  8 14:01:34 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 560.34                 Driver Version: 560.86         CUDA Version: 12.6     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff6886fe1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
(gdb)  bt
#0  0x00007ffff6886fe1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
#1  0x00007ffff6902235 in ?? () from /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
#2  0x00007ffff68906be in ?? () from /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
#3  0x00007ffff6877271 in nvmlDeviceGetDisplayActive ()
   from /usr/lib/wsl/drivers/nvhm.inf_amd64_1ddec84e4f6bcc38/libnvidia-ml.so.1
#4  0x0000000000414ec8 in ?? ()