Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1906)
Severity: medium · Patch status: patched · Since 2021-11-03 · CVE-2021-1906
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a detection of error condition without action vulnerability when improper handling of address deregistration on failure can lead to new GPU address allocation failure. CISA added CVE-2021-1906 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 3, 2021, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Nov 17, 2021 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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