Local privilege escalation via GPU integer overflow
Published Dec 8, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Integer overflow in the Pixel GPU kernel module in Google Android allows local users to gain elevated privileges without interaction. gpu_pixel_handle_buffer_liveness_update_ioctl calculates a user-controlled live_ranges offset and allocation size with overflowing counts, then copy_from_user writes beyond the allocated kernel buffer. A sandboxed application can reach the ioctl; the demonstrated chain uses a separate kernel-pointer leak to obtain arbitrary kernel read/write, disable SELinux, and gain root.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the Pixel GPU kernel module in Google Android allows local users to gain elevated privileges without interaction. gpu_pixel_handle_buffer_liveness_update_ioctl calculates a user-controlled live_ranges offset and allocation size with overflowing counts, then copy_from_user writes beyond the allocated kernel buffer. A sandboxed application can reach the ioctl; the demonstrated chain uses a separate kernel-pointer leak to obtain arbitrary kernel read/write, disable SELinux, and gain root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-48409
- Published
- Dec 8, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Dec 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Android kernel
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- Mali GPU Kernel LPEfunctional · demonstrated
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