Integer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2021-34391

 

Integer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2021-34391

Published: June 21, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54277
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34391
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
Jetson TX1
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson AGX Xavier series
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson Nano
Jetson Nano 2GB

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the NVIDIA TLK kernel in "tz_handle_trusted_app_smc" function. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-34391

Install updates from vendor's website.

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