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CVE-2021-28664

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
March 18, 2021
Published Date
May 10, 2021
Last Updated
February 03, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Description
The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0 before r31p0.
Tags
cisa

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel