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CVE-2021-29256

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver, used on devices with Arm Mali graphics hardware, is affected by this vulnerability. An unprivileged local user could exploit it to read freed memory, exposing sensitive information or gaining root-level privileges on the system.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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. 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 1

developer.arm.com