TI-2022-23234 Aliases CVE-2022-46891 GHSA-394q-589m-ppr4

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver.

MEDIUM 42CWE-416Published 2023-01-17 · Updated 2024-11-27

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. There is a use-after-free. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This affects Midgard r13p0 through r32p0, Bifrost r1p0 through r40p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r40p0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00828 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver::::::::	r1p0 – r40p0	Vulnerable	Arm
cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver::::::::	r13p0 – r32p0	Vulnerable	Arm
cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver::::::::	r19p0 – r40p0	Vulnerable	Arm

cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r1p0 – r40p0 Vulnerable ·Arm
cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r13p0 – r32p0 Vulnerable ·Arm
cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r19p0 – r40p0 Vulnerable ·Arm

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46891
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-394q-589m-ppr4

References

Advisory 1

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

TI-2022-17875 The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-10068 . KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-09732 The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-09731 The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or information disclosure… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-04292 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-06958 Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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