TEE privilege escalation via GPU power logic
Published Jun 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 20, 2024
Local privilege escalation in the Android Mali kernel on Google Pixel devices allows local users to compromise TEE protected memory. A logic error occurs in gpu_pm_power_on_top_nolock in pixel_gpu_power.c, but Google has not disclosed the function's incorrect operation. Exploitation requires local code execution but no additional execution privileges or user interaction and can elevate execution into the TEE.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in the Android Mali kernel on Google Pixel devices allows local users to compromise TEE protected memory. A logic error occurs in gpu_pm_power_on_top_nolock in pixel_gpu_power.c, but Google has not disclosed the function's incorrect operation. Exploitation requires local code execution but no additional execution privileges or user interaction and can elevate execution into the TEE.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-32922
- Published
- Jun 13, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2024
- Vendor
- Product
- Google Pixel
- Classifications
- CWE-843, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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