Heap Memory Overwrite Vulnerability in PMRCreate of PowerVR Kernel Driver

Heap Memory Overwrite Vulnerability in PMRCreate of PowerVR Kernel Driver

CVE-2021-0945 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In _PMRCreate of the PowerVR kernel driver, a missing bounds check means it is possible to overwrite heap memory via PhysmemNewRamBackedPMR. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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