Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OpenRISC mor1kx Processor's EPCR Access Control

CVE-2021-41614 · HIGH Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the controller unit of the OpenRISC mor1kx processor. The read/write access permissions to the Exception Program Counter Register (EPCR) are not implemented correctly. User programs from an unauthorized privilege level can make read/write accesses to EPCR.

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