#VU55581 Security restrictions bypass in nVidia products - CVE-2021-1106
Published: August 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55581
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable 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
Software vendor:
nVidia
nVidia
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.