Local memory corruption via queued GPU timelines
Published Jan 2, 2024 · Updated Jun 3, 2025
Use after free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Graphics Driver allows local users to corrupt memory by destroying a GPU context with queued timeline objects. Context teardown frees the GPU context while KGSL_GPU_AUX_COMMAND_TIMELINE objects remain queued, leaving later processing to reference released memory. Locally running code must create the queued state and destroy its context; successful exploitation can read or alter protected data or crash the device.
Summary
What happened
Use after free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Graphics Driver allows local users to corrupt memory by destroying a GPU context with queued timeline objects. Context teardown frees the GPU context while KGSL_GPU_AUX_COMMAND_TIMELINE objects remain queued, leaving later processing to reference released memory. Locally running code must create the queued state and destroy its context; successful exploitation can read or alter protected data or crash the device.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33108
- Published
- Jan 2, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=QAM8255P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8295P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8650P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8775P
- Affected versionversion=QCA6391
- Affected versionversion=QCA6574
- Affected versionversion=QCA6574A
- Affected versionversion=QCA6574AU
- Affected versionversion=QCA6595
- Affected versionversion=QCA6595AU
- Affected versionversion=QCA6696
- Affected versionversion=QCA6698AQ
- Affected versionversion=QCA6797AQ
- Affected versionversion=QCS7230
- Affected versionversion=QCS8250
- Affected versionversion=Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC5 Platform
- Affected versionversion=SA6155P
- Affected versionversion=SA8155P
- Affected versionversion=SA8195P
- Affected versionversion=SA8255P
- Affected versionversion=SA8295P
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform
- Affected versionversion=SW5100
- Affected versionversion=SW5100P
- Affected versionversion=WSA8830
- Affected versionversion=WSA8835
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