SB2025040760 - Privilege escalation in PowerVR GPU DDK
Published: April 7, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025040760
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52936)
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in rgxfw_hwperf_config. Kernel software installed on Guest VM can post improper commands to the GPU Firmware to write data outside the Guest’s virtualised GPU memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.