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High · 8.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2021-28663 EUVD-2021-15327GHSA-2rc2-892p-6hc2

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or information disclosure because GPU memory operations are mishandled, leading …

Published May 10, 2021 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or information disclosure because GPU memory operations are mishandled, leading to a use-after-free. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, Valhall r19p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, and Midgard r4p0 through r30p0.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • lntrx/CVE-2021-28663 ★ 128 · Sep 1, 2021

    A basic PoC leak for CVE-2021-28663 (Internal of the Android kernel backdoor vulnerability)

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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