CVE-2021-28663
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Use-After-Free Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Arm |
|---|---|
| Product | Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
The vulnerability
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) kernel driver contains a use-after-free vulnerability that may allow a non-privileged user to make improper operations on GPU memory to gain root privilege, and/or disclose information.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 17 November 2021 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 12 Nov 2026, 00:29. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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