CVE-2021-44828 — Out-of-bounds Write in ARM Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
ARM Bifrost GPU Kernel DriverARM Midgard GPU Kernel DriverARM Valhall GPU Kernel Driver+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateOct 1

Description

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver (Midgard r26p0 through r30p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r34p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r34p0) allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory, and possibly obtain root privileges, corrupt memory, and modify the memory of other processes.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDarm/bifrost_gpu_kernel_driverr0p0 — r34p0
▶NVDarm/midgard_gpu_kernel_driverr26p0 — r30p0
▶NVDarm/valhall_gpu_kernel_driverr19p0 — r34p0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qcq7-c3jg-v7g4: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver (Midgard r26p0 through r30p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r34p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r34p0) allows a non-privileged user to↗2022-01-15
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Project0
Project Zero RCA: CVE-2022-22706 / CVE-2021-39793: Mali GPU driver makes read-only imported pages host-writable↗
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2021-44828: Mali↗2023-10-01
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