Privilege Escalation in FreeRTOS Kernel ARMv7-M MPU ports and ARMv8-M ports with MPU support enabled

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28115",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Privilege Escalation in FreeRTOS Kernel ARMv7-M MPU ports and ARMv8-M ports with MPU support enabled",
    "summary": "FreeRTOS is a real-time operating system for microcontrollers. FreeRTOS Kernel versions through 10.6.1 do not sufficiently protect against local privilege escalation via Return Oriented Programming techniques should a vulnerability exist that allows code injection and execution. These issues affect ARMv7-M MPU ports, and ARMv8-M ports with Memory Protected Unit (MPU) support enabled (i.e. `configENABLE_MPU` set to 1). These issues are fixed in version 10.6.2 with a new MPU wrapper.",
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    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "original_tag": "V10.6.2"
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          "versions": [
            "V10.6.1",
            "V10.6.0",
            "V10.4.3",
            "V10.4.2",
            "V10.4.1-kernel-only",
            "V10.4.0-kernel-only",
            "V10.3.1-kernel-only",
            "V10.3.0-kernel-only"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.654011363Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/releases/tag/V10.6.2",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28115.json",
        "https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/security/advisories/GHSA-xcv7-v92w-gq6r",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28115"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-284"
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        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490015,
  "published_at": "2024-03-07T20:54:00.743+00:00"
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