Bug 1186494 – VUL-1: CVE-2021-29256: kernel-source,kernel-source-rt,kernel-source-azure: . 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

Bug 1186494 - (CVE-2021-29256) VUL-1: CVE-2021-29256: kernel-source,kernel-source-rt,kernel-source-azure: . 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

(CVE-2021-29256)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2021-29256: kernel-source,kernel-source-rt,kernel-source-azure: . ...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Minor
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Assigned To:	Kernel Bugs
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URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/300624/
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Reported:	2021-05-27 10:09 UTC by Marcus Meissner
Modified:	2021-05-27 10:09 UTC (History)
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Description Marcus Meissner 2021-05-27 10:09:18 UTC

CVE-2021-29256

. 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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-29256
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29256
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver

Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2021-05-27 10:09:59 UTC

does not seem to in the regular kernel -> close