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CVE-2021-28663

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published5/10/2021

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorArm

ProductMali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

Vulnerability NameArm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2021-11-17

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driverarm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driverarm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416CWE-416

References

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/lntrx/CVE-2021-28663(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/lntrx/CVE-2021-28663(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28663(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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