[KEV] Vulnerability in Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets (CVE-2021-1906)
Summary
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets (CVE-2021-1906). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited. Mitigation: upgrade to SoCVersion:2021-05-05 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-1906 has been found in Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Note: CISA has officially confirmed this is actively exploited in the wild. Treat it with elevated urgency.
What to do: upgrade Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets to SoCVersion:2021-05-05 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets CVE-2021-1906" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-1906 (Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets) — CWE-390
Patched: SoCVersion:2021-05-05 — apply immediately
Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited, treat as top priority.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-390) exists in Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets.
Severity: High. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited in the wild, treat as top priority.
Update to SoCVersion:2021-05-05.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Consider incident declaration escalate
Notify SOC / on-callCISA KEV登録済 = 実環境で悪用が観測されている。侵入の兆候があればインシデント対応宣言、無くてもパッチ適用までWAF強化を最優先で。
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3Apply patch patch
Upgrade Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets to SoCVersion:2021-05-05ステージング環境で SoCVersion:2021-05-05 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory NVD
- advisory source.android.com
- patch source.codeaurora.org