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CVE-2021-28664 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28664 CISA-ADPUS Government Resource
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities CVEVendor Advisory
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates CVEVendor Advisory
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver CVEVendor Advisory
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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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 NameDate AddedDue DateRequired Action
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified VulnerabilityNov 3, 2021Nov 17, 2021Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
arm bifrost gpu kernel driver
>= r0p0, < r29p0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
arm midgard gpu kernel driver
>= r8p0, < r31p0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
arm valhall gpu kernel driver
>= r19p0, < r29p0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28664
NVD Published Date:
May 10, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-28664 Details - Not Deferred