Description
OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function `cleanup_shm_refs()` is called by both `entry_invoke_command()` and `entry_open_session()`. The commands `OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION` and `OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND` can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the `num_params` argument, which is only limited to `OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS` (127) in the function `get_cmd_buffer()`. Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in `cleanup_shm_refs` and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function `mobj_put()`. A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OP-TEE | optee_os | < 3.19.0 |
References
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/blob/c2d449482de098f1c894b94f338440e5a327813d/core/tee/entry_std.c#L257Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/commit/728616b28df659cf0bdde6e58a471f6ef25d023cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/security/advisories/GHSA-65w8-6mrg-52g7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X/CR:M/IR:M/AR:M/MAV:L/MAC:L/MPR:H/MUI:N/MS:C/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H&version=3.1Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/blob/c2d449482de098f1c894b94f338440e5a327813d/core/tee/entry_std.c#L257Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/commit/728616b28df659cf0bdde6e58a471f6ef25d023cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/security/advisories/GHSA-65w8-6mrg-52g7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X/CR:M/IR:M/AR:M/MAV:L/MAC:L/MPR:H/MUI:N/MS:C/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H&version=3.1Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 29, 2022
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed