VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-43997

CVE-2021-43997

Description

FreeRTOS versions 10.2.0 through 10.4.5 do not prevent non-kernel code from calling the xPortRaisePrivilege internal function to raise privilege. FreeRTOS versions through 10.4.6 do not prevent a third party that has already independently gained the ability to execute injected code to achieve further privilege escalation by branching directly inside a FreeRTOS MPU API wrapper function with a manually crafted stack frame. These issues affect ARMv7-M MPU ports, and ARMv8-M ports with MPU support enabled (i.e. configENABLE_MPU set to 1). These are fixed in V10.5.0 and in V10.4.3-LTS Patch 3.

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Affected products

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  • FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS+FATllm-fuzzy2 versions
    10.2.0 - 10.4.5, through 10.4.6+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.2.0 - 10.4.5, through 10.4.6
    • (no CPE)
  • Amazon/FreeRTOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:amazon:freertos:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:amazon:freertos:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: >=10.2.0,<10.4.6
    • cpe:2.3:o:amazon:freertos:10.4.3:patch1:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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