Pixel Update Bulletin—December 2023

Published December 6, 2023

The Pixel Update Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting supported Pixel devices (Google devices). For Google devices, security levels of 2023-12-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the December 2023 Android Security Bulletin. To learn how to check a device's security level, see Check and update your Android version.

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2023-12-05 level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Announcements

  • In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the December 2023 Android Security Bulletin, Google devices also contain es for the security vulnerabilities described below.

Security es

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.

Kernel components

CVEReferencesTypeSeveritySubcomponent
CVE-2023-48421A-300681900 *EoPHighmali_kbase

Pixel

CVEReferencesTypeSeveritySubcomponent
CVE-2023-41111A-292004859 *RCECriticalShannonRcs
CVE-2023-48423A-294560448 *RCECriticalExynos
CVE-2023-48402A-244398863 *EoPCriticalLDFW
CVE-2023-48405A-293298397 *EoPHighLDFW
CVE-2023-48407A-282081424 *EoPHighbootloader
CVE-2023-48409A-296984851 *EoPHighPixel GPU kernel module
CVE-2023-48410A-299427380 *IDHighExynos
CVE-2023-37366A-297030670 *DoSHighCellular Baseband
CVE-2023-48406A-269274102 *EoPModerateModem OTP
CVE-2023-48414A-288366554 *EoPModeratePixel Camera Driver
CVE-2023-48420A-269968522 *EoPModerateCamera
CVE-2023-48397A-293719047 *IDModerateexynos-ril
CVE-2023-48398A-286055426 *IDModerateExynos RIL
CVE-2023-48399A-300554928 *IDModerateExynos RIL
CVE-2023-48401A-299025883 *IDModerateExynos RIL
CVE-2023-48403A-285435372 *IDModerateModem
CVE-2023-48404A-289563789 *IDModerateexynos-ril
CVE-2023-48408A-295653694 *IDModerateExynos RIL
CVE-2023-48411A-296748229 *IDModerateExynos RIL
CVE-2023-48412A-213170949 *IDModerategchips
CVE-2023-48413A-286709510 *IDModerateexynos-ril
CVE-2023-48415A-291424409 *IDModerateexynos-ril
CVE-2023-48422A-300595972 *IDModerateexynos-ril
CVE-2023-48416A-244500020 *DoSModerateModem

Qualcomm components

CVEReferencesSeveritySubcomponent
CVE-2023-22383
A-258533280
QC-CR#3341070 *
ModerateCamera
CVE-2023-22668
A-276762552
QC-CR#3347522 *
ModerateAudio
CVE-2023-28575
A-283319108
QC-CR#3496553 *
ModerateCamera
CVE-2023-28579
A-285915779
QC-CR#3283749 *
ModerateWLAN
CVE-2023-28580
A-285915800
QC-CR#3385426 *
ModerateWLAN

Qualcomm closed-source components

CVEReferencesSeveritySubcomponent
CVE-2023-21634
A-242061225 *ModerateClosed-source component
CVE-2023-33024
A-285915917 *ModerateClosed-source component
CVE-2023-33041
A-299130506 *ModerateClosed-source component

Functional es

For details on the new bug fixes and functional es 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 levels of 2023-12-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2023-12-05 security level and all previous levels. To learn how to check a device's security 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.

AbbreviationDefinition
RCERemote code execution
EoPElevation of privilege
IDInformation disclosure
DoSDenial of service
N/AClassification 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.

PrefixReference
A-Android bug ID
QC-Qualcomm reference number
M-MediaTek reference number
N-NVIDIA reference number
B-Broadcom reference number
U-UNISOC 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 level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this bulletin are not required for declaring a security level.

Versions

VersionDateNotes
1.0December 6, 2023