CVE-2021-28664
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- May 10, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 18, 2021
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28664government-resource
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