CVE-2021-26391 Security feature bypass in AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series

High 7.8 Published Updated

An attacker with privileges can bypass signature verification to execute arbitrary code in Trusted Applications or the kernel on AMD Radeon GPUs.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-26391?

CVE-2021-26391 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 9 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient verification of multiple header signatures while loading a Trusted Application (TA) may allow an attacker with privileges to gain code execution in that TA or the OS/kernel.

Weakness: CWE-347

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-26391?

It affects 26 products.

Products include Amd Enterprise Driver, Amd Radeon Pro Software, Amd Radeon Rx Vega 56 Firmware, Amd Radeon Rx Vega 64 Firmware, Amd Radeon Software, Amd Ryzen 3 5300g Firmware and 20 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-26391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-26391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-26391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-26391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Amd Radeon Software vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cm49-fh74-75ch.

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