What happened
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
Affected versions
Multiple Chipsets: See original advisory Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
This source correlation may provide earlier visibility while structured CVE metadata is still being updated.
Detection & mitigation
- Review the original advisory and validate affected versions.
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations when available.
Public PoC references
RepositoryAuthorFirst seenReference
PoC-in-GitHub · zhuowei/cheeseCVE-2025-21479 proof-of-concept, I think★ 274zhuowei2025-06-19CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · sarabpal-dev/cheese-cakeA proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-21479, chained with a Dirty Pagetable technique.★ 34sarabpal-dev2025-11-16CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · ma4the/omae-wa-cheese-daCVE-2025-21479 PoC for ZFlip5 with Knox in the way!(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)★ 16ma4the2026-06-18CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · CamsShaft/SELinux-Permissive-Only-CVE-2025-21479This is an SELinux permissive version of the Cheese exploit also known as CVE-2025-21479 which affected the adreno kgsl on many devices including Samsung snapdragon devices★ 7CamsShaft2026-07-28CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · Type010/cve-2025-21479-iqoo11pro★ 10Type0102026-08-13CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · reaizuguo/vivo_iqoo_neo_9_root_research_on_CVE-2025-21479iQOO Neo9 (PD2338C) 免解锁 Caps-Root 工具** — 基于 CVE-2025-21479 (Adreno GPU SDS) 的任意物理写提权方案★ 2reaizuguo2026-08-18CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · linux-tools/vivo_iqoo_neo_9_root_research_on_CVE-2025-21479★ 6linux-tools2026-08-19CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · Qingizi7/cve-2025-21479_iqooneo8Local root exploit for CVE-2025-21479 (Adreno KGSL) on iQOO Neo8 (SM8475) - physical memory r/w, disables SELinux, spawns root shell★ 4Qingizi72026-08-20CandidateSource timeline
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Record history
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