CVE-2025-3212 (GCVE-0-2025-3212)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-08 12:53 – Updated: 2025-09-09 03:55
VLAI?
Title
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory
Summary
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform valid GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p4, from r50p0 through r51p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p4, from r50p0 through r54p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p4, from r50p0 through r54p0.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
Arm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r41p0 , ≤ r49p4 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r51p0 (patch)
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    Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r41p0 , ≤ r49p4 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p0 (patch)
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    Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver Affected: r41p0 , ≤ r49p4 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p0 (patch)
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