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CVE-2021-25458: Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference in Exynos ION Implementation

There is an ION memory buffer type confusion vulnerability in the Exynos ION kernel driver. The vulnerability can cause zero initialised memory to be treated as a valid pointer and cause a kernel NULL pointer exception. Untrusted applications can abuse this bug to cause a kernel crash and carry out DOS attacks agains the device. Vulnerability Details The vulnerable code is in ion_iovmm_map in driv

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
CVE-2021-25458: Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference in Exynos ION Implementation
First reported
Dec 13, 2021 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Dec 13, 2021 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:51 UTC
Record ID
4c2122ad2a0838c503343d79af000fb9e00726a18d98dc1c93088194f61ee768

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Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Dec 13, 2021 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:51 UTC

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