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CVE-2021-29256Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
. The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows an unprivileged user to achieve access to freed memory, leading to information disclosure or root privilege escalation. This affects Bifrost r16p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r28p0 through r30p0.
8.8 HIGHEPSS 2.98%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | HIGH | 3.1NVD | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 9.0 | HIGH | 2.0NVD | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Jul 28, 2023
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-29256
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- mitre
- Published
- May 24, 2021
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 03:47 UTC
- Weaknesses
Affected Products
From NVD CPE configurations.
armbifrost gpu kernel driver1 version range
- r16p0 before r30p0
armmidgard gpu kernel driver1 version range
- r28p0 before r31p0
armvalhall gpu kernel driver1 version range
- r19p0 before r30p0