Security restrictions bypass in nVidia products - CVE-2021-1106
Published: August 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55581
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1106
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
Jetson AGX Xavier series
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson Nano
Jetson Nano 2GB
Jetson TX1
Jetson AGX Xavier series
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson Nano
Jetson Nano 2GB
Jetson TX1
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists in nvmap in NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions due to possibility to perform writes to read-only buffers. A local user can execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1106
Install updates from vendor's website.