AMD Radeon™ Graphics Kernel Driver Privilege Management Vulnerability
Bulletin ID: AMD-SB-6009
Potential Impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: High
Summary
A potential vulnerability was reported in the AMD Radeon™ Software (Adrenalin Edition and PRO Edition) kernel (pdfwkrnl.sys) driver which may allow arbitrary code execution.
Current AMD analysis shows the attack opportunity is limited given the very short time the kernel driver is running.
CVE Details
Refer to Glossary for explanation of terms
CVE ID |
CVSS Score |
CVE Description |
CVE-2023-20598 |
High
|
An improper privilege management in the AMD Radeon™ Graphics driver may allow an authenticated attacker to craft an IOCTL request to gain I/O control over arbitrary hardware ports or physical addresses resulting in a potential arbitrary code execution. |
Affected Products and Mitigation
AMD recommends updating to the AMD graphics driver version (or later) indicated below.
Graphics Cards
Platform |
Release Version |
AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards |
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 |
AMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Cards |
AMD Software: PRO Edition 23.Q4 |
OS Support |
Version |
Windows® 11 |
Version 21H2 and later |
Windows® 10 64-bit |
Version 1809 and later |
Windows® Server 2022 |
21H2 |
Windows® Server 2019 |
1809 |
Client Processors
Formerly codenamed programs |
Platform |
Release Version Mitigation |
“Dragon Range” |
AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 AMD Software: PRO Edition 23.Q4 |
“Mendocino” FT6 |
AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
|
“Phoenix” FP7/FP7r2/FP8 |
AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
|
“Raphael” |
AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
|
"Rembrandt" |
AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
|
“Rembrandt-R” |
AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
Acknowledgement
AMD thanks Takahiro Haruyama of VMware for reporting this issue and engaging in coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
Revisions
Revision Date |
Description |
| 2024-01-04 | Updated fix version for the PRO Edition to 23.Q4 (23.30.13.03) and the delivery date. |
| 2023-10-25 | Updated the version and target mitigation dates for AMD Software PRO Edition |
| 2023-10-16 | Initial publication |
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