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CVE-2021-28664 Detail

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.


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

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified Vulnerability 11/03/2021 11/17/2021 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28664
NVD Published Date:
05/10/2021
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2024
Source:
MITRE