Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-28664
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecifie - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 10, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 25, 2024, 5:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) kernel driver contains an unspecified vulnerability that may allow a non-privileged user to gain write access to read-only memory, gain root privilege, corrupt memory, and modify the memory of other processes.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-28664 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-28664 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arm bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver
2 Arm midgard_gpu_kernel_driver
3 Arm valhall_gpu_kernel_driver
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-28664.

URL 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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Arm mali open source drivers

Makefile C Assembly Starlark

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

poc proofofconcept tester allcve cvegithub cvenew cvepoc cveupdate

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 923 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

Qualcomm GPU / ARM Mali GPU

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 23, 2021, 11:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

A collection of links related to Linux kernel security and exploitation

linux-kernel kernel-exploitation exploit privilege-escalation security

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
5527 stars 902 fork 902 watcher
Born at : Nov. 13, 2016, 10:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 225 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-28664 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-28664 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities No Types Assigned https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (including) r28p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r8p0 up to (including) r30p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (including) r28p0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (excluding) r29p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r8p0 up to (excluding) r31p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (excluding) r29p0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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 r28p0 before r29p0, Valhall r19p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0. 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.
    Added Reference https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-787
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-416
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates No Types Assigned https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver No Types Assigned https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (including) r28p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midguard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r8p0 up to (including) r30p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (including) r28p0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-28664 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-28664 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.42 }} 0.00%

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0.70155

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