# CVE-2018-18068: The ARM-based hardware debugging feature on Raspberry Pi 3 module B+ and possibly other devices allows non-secure EL1 code to read/write any

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-04-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The ARM-based hardware debugging feature on Raspberry Pi 3 module B+ and possibly other devices allows non-secure EL1 code to read/write any EL3 (the highest privilege level in ARMv8) memory/register via inter-processor debugging. With a debug host processor A running in non-secure EL1 and a debug target processor B running in any privilege level, the debugging feature allows A to halt B and promote B to any privilege level. As a debug host, A has full control of B even if B owns a higher privilege level than A. Accordingly, A can read/write any EL3 memory/register via B. Also, with this memory access, A can execute arbitrary code in EL3.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/sp/2019/666000b157/17D45WHONhv
- http://www.cs.wayne.edu/fengwei/paper/nailgun-sp19.pdf

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