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CVE-2025-0072 (GCVE-0-2025-0072)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-02 09:54 – Updated: 2025-05-12 15:51
VLAI
Title
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations
Summary
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-12 15:50 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r29p0 , ≤ r49p3 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r53p0 (patch)
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Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver Affected: r41p0 , ≤ r49p3 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r53p0 (patch)
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Date Public
2025-05-02 08:51
Credits
Man Yue Mo of GitHub Security Lab
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