Google Android PowerVR GPU Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android. This affects an unknown function of the component PowerVR GPU Driver. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-39815. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component PowerVR GPU Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The PowerVR GPU driver allows unprivileged apps to allocated pinned memory, unpin it (which makes it available to be freed), and continue using the page in GPU calls. No privileges required and this results in kernel memory corruption.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-232440670

The weakness was released 08/25/2022 as A-232440670. The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-39815 since 08/23/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/25/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: A-232440670
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-39815 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-39815
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207116
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2022 08:38
Updated: 09/25/2022 14:26
Changes: 08/25/2022 08:38 (41), 09/25/2022 14:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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