PT-2017-1610 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Gpu Driver+1

Published 2017-03-23 · Updated 2017-03-28 · CVE-2017-5538

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung Mobile GPU driver versions with M(6.0) and N(7.0) software and Exynos AP chipsets

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the kbase dispatch function, located in the arm/t7xx/r5p0/mali kbase core linux.c file of the GPU driver. This could allow attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors. The vulnerability is associated with a buffer overflow error in memory.

Recommendations For Samsung Mobile GPU driver versions with M(6.0) and N(7.0) software and Exynos AP chipsets, consider disabling the kbase dispatch function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the vulnerable GPU driver module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00755

CVE-2017-5538

Affected Products

Exynos Ap

Samsung Mobile Gpu Driver

References · 7

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-JAN-2017 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/2 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/3 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5538 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00755 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95674 · Note