CVE-2023-5091 (GCVE-0-2023-5091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 09:23 – Updated: 2025-05-22 17:23
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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.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Assigner
Arm
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Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r37p0 , ≤ r40p0 (patch)
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