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Evidence dossier
CVE-2021-28664
CVE-2021-28664
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0 before r31p0.
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- May 10, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 85%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 91.9%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0 before r31p0.
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified Vulnerability
Probability 0.054640000000; percentile 0.918560000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]unknowncpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including r0p0; end excluding r29p0supportedcpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including r8p0; end excluding r31p0supportedcpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including r19p0; end excluding r29p0supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:CCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.