Vulnerability CVE-2021-44828


Published: 2022-01-14

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.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
ARM -> Bifrost gpu kernel driver 
ARM -> Midguard gpu kernel driver 
ARM -> Valhall gpu kernel driver 

 References:
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver

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