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.
Published: 2021-05-10
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 5.4% Low
KEV: Yes
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15328 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.
History

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Arm Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver Midgard Gpu Kernel Driver Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:46.137Z

Reserved: 2021-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28664

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:47:33.056Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-05-10T15:15:07.590

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:46:43.977

Link: CVE-2021-28664

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