Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38181
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-13 13:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.245470000 probability, percentile 0.960860000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-03-30; due 2023-04-20; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-416

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorArm
ProductMali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
NameArm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38181

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver r39p0 All All All
Application Arm Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Midgard Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Midguard Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver r39p0 All All All
Application Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Arm Security Center MISC developer.arm.com
GHSL-2022-054: Use-after-free (UAF) in the Arm Mali Kernel driver - CVE-2022-38181 | GitHub Security Lab MISC securitylab.github.com
developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities MISC developer.arm.com
Android Arm Mali GPU Arbitrary Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Pwning the all Google phone with a non-Google bug | The GitHub Blog MISC github.blog
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

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