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CVE-2021-25370 · netVigilance record NV22-0539

Samsung Mobile Devices Memory Corruption

past due

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2022-11-29 · passed 3 years 9 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

Samsung mobile devices using Mali GPU contain an incorrect implementation handling file descriptor in dpu driver. This incorrect implementation results in memory corruption, leading to kernel panic. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2021-25337 and CVE-2021-25369.

Who is affected

Samsung Mobile Devices. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-416.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 3 years 9 months ago

Sources