cve-2021-29256
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-24 17:56
Modified
2025-02-04 19:44
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
. The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows an unprivileged user to achieve access to freed memory, leading to information disclosure or root privilege escalation. This affects Bifrost r16p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r28p0 through r30p0.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driverVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driverVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-07-07

Due date: 2023-07-28

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29256

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