fkie_cve-2021-28663
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-05-10 15:15
Modified
2025-10-22 00:17
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 privilege escalation or information disclosure because GPU memory operations are mishandled, leading to a use-after-free. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, Valhall r19p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, and Midgard r4p0 through r30p0.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updatesVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driverVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/lntrx/CVE-2021-28663Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updatesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driverVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/lntrx/CVE-2021-28663Exploit
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28663
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
arm bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver *
arm midgard_gpu_kernel_driver *
arm valhall_gpu_kernel_driver *


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  "cisaActionDue": "2021-11-17",
  "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
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    },
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      "value": "El controlador del kernel de Arm Mali GPU, permite una escalada de privilegios o una divulgaci\u00f3n de informaci\u00f3n porque las operaciones de la memoria de la GPU son manejadas inapropiadamente, conllevando a un uso de la memoria previamente liberada.\u0026#xa0;Esto afecta a Bifrost versiones r0p0 hasta r28p0, anteriores a r29p0, Valhall versiones r19p0 hasta r28p0 anteriores a r29p0 y Midgard versiones r4p0 hasta r30p0"
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  "lastModified": "2025-10-22T00:17:30.660",
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