CVE-2021-28663

high

Description

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

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2021-threat-landscape-retrospective

https://github.com/lntrx/CVE-2021-28663

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-05-10

Updated: 2023-12-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High