Use-after-free in ARM products - CVE-2024-2937

 

Use-after-free in ARM products - CVE-2024-2937

Published: August 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95390
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2937
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Affected software

Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
Valhall GPU Kernel Driver
Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver
Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2024-2937

Install updates from vendor's website.

Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver - update to r50p0
Valhall GPU Kernel Driver - update to r50p0
Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver - update to r50p0
Google Android - addressed in versions 12L 2024-08-05, 12 2024-08-05, 13 2024-08-05, 14 2024-08-05

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