CVE-2021-0561: Pixel Update Bulletin—June 2021  |  Android Open Source Project

Published June 7, 2021

The Pixel Update Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting supported Pixel devices (Google devices). For Google devices, security patch levels of 2021-06-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the June 2021 Android Security Bulletin. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, see Check and update your Android version.

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2021-06-05 patch level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Announcements

• For July, the Pixel update bulletin will be released on July 7, 2021.
• In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the June 2021 Android Security Bulletin, Google devices also contain patches for the security vulnerabilities described below. When applicable, partners were notified that these issues are being addressed, and may choose to incorporate them as part of their device updates.

Security patches

Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component that they affect. There is a description of the issue and a table with the CVE, associated references, type of vulnerability, severity, and updated Android Open Source Project (AOSP) versions (where applicable). When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Android runtime

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Updated AOSP versions

CVE-2020-1971

A-175147055

DoS

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0555

A-179161711

DoS

Moderate

11

Framework

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Updated AOSP versions

CVE-2021-0571

A-137395936 [2] [3] [4] [5]

EoP

High

11

CVE-2021-0534

A-170639543

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0550

A-179688673

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0567

A-179461812

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0568

A-170121238

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0570

A-178803845

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0554

A-158482162 [2] [3]

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0569

A-174045870

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0572

A-177931355

ID

Moderate

11

Media Framework

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Updated AOSP versions

CVE-2021-0565

A-174801970

EoP

High

11

CVE-2021-0557

A-179046129

RCE

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0564

A-176495665 [2] [3] [4]

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0556

A-172716941

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0558

A-173473906

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0559

A-172312730

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0561

A-174302683

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0562

A-176084648

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0563

A-172908358 [2]

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0566

A-175894436

ID

Moderate

11

System

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Updated AOSP versions

CVE-2021-0535

A-168314741

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0536

A-176756691

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0537

A-176756141

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0538

A-178821491 [2] [3]

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0539

A-180419673

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0540

A-169328517

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0543

A-169258743

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0544

A-169257710

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0545

A-169258884

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0546

A-169258733

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0547

A-174151048

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0548

A-157650357

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0553

A-169936038 [2]

EoP

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0541

A-169258455

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0542

A-168712890

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0549

A-183961896

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0552

A-175124820

ID

Moderate

11

CVE-2021-0551

A-180518039

DoS

Moderate

11

Kernel components

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Component

CVE-2021-0606

A-168034487
Upstream kernel

EoP

Moderate

GPU DRM Driver

CVE-2021-0605

A-110373476
Upstream kernel

ID

Moderate

Network driver

Pixel

CVE

References

Type

Severity

Component

CVE-2021-0607

A-180950209*

EoP

High

Knowles IAXXX adnc driver

CVE-2021-0608

A-174870704*

EoP

High

Pixel Launcher

Functional patches

For details on the new bug fixes and functional patches included in this release, refer to the Pixel Community forum.

Common questions and answers

This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this bulletin.

1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?

Security patch levels of 2021-06-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2021-06-05 security patch level and all previous patch levels. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, read the instructions on the Google device update schedule.

2. What do the entries in the Type column mean?

Entries in the Type column of the vulnerability details table reference the classification of the security vulnerability.

Abbreviation

Definition

RCE

Remote code execution

EoP

Elevation of privilege

ID

Information disclosure

DoS

Denial of service

N/A

Classification not available

3. What do the entries in the References column mean?

Entries under the References column of the vulnerability details table may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value belongs.

Prefix

Reference

A-

Android bug ID

QC-

Qualcomm reference number

M-

MediaTek reference number

N-

NVIDIA reference number

B-

Broadcom reference number

4. What does an * next to the Android bug ID in the References column mean?

Issues that are not publicly available have an * next to the Android bug ID in the References column. The update for that issue is generally contained in the latest binary drivers for Pixel devices available from the Google Developer site.

5. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and the Android Security Bulletins?

Security vulnerabilities that are documented in the Android Security Bulletins are required to declare the latest security patch level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this bulletin are not required for declaring a security patch level.

Versions

Version

Date

Notes

1.0

June 7, 2021

Bulletin published

1.1

June 8, 2021

Bulletin revised to include AOSP links