Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r37p0 through r40p0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5091
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-66qh-r598-w33q
References
More Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2023-5091 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5091 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-66qh-r598-w33q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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