GPU DDK - Silent High-Order CMA Memory Leak & Double Free in `_FreeOSPages_Fast`
Priority LOW 24CWE-415Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-415 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct GPU system calls which cause GPU memory leaks and possible kernel heap corruption. Scenario caused by memory free paths not maintaining state data of upgraded higher order allocations. This could cause memory leak or double free event.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0014 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Graphics DDK (Imagination Technologies): 26.1 RTM2
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imagination Technologies | Graphics DDK | 1.18 RTM2; 23.2 RTM2; 24.2 RTM2; 25.1 RTM2 – 25.3 RTM; 26.1 RTM1 | 26.1 RTM2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Graphics DDK VendorImagination Technologies Affected 1.18 RTM2; 23.2 RTM2; 24.2 RTM2; 25.1 RTM2 – 25.3 RTM; 26.1 RTM1 Fixed in 26.1 RTM2 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:imaginationtech:ddk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Imagination Technologies |
- cpe:2.3:a:imaginationtech:ddk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Imagination Technologies
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Graphics DDK (Imagination Technologies) Fixed in 26.1 RTM2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45202
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4gp-788h-8rfj
References
More Imagination Technologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04574 GPU kernel implementations susceptible to memory leak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-82822 Integer truncation in Imagination Graphics DDK limits buffer mapping CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29783 GPU DDK - OOB Write in CalculateNPOTTwiddleSparsePageMap3D CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-13612 GPU DDK - Integer overflow in _PMRLogicalOffsetToPhysicalOffset CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-12749 GPU DDK - libusc UAF via WebGPU shaders at MergeConsecutiveBarriersBP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-05971 GPU DDK - RGXFW_CTL.pui8FWScratchBuf Leak/Overwrite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-45202 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45202 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r4gp-788h-8rfj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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