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CVE-2022-22706: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-03-30
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.

Affected products

• Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r0p0 before r36p0 — fixed in r36p0
• Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r26p0 before r32p0 — fixed in r32p0
• Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 before r36p0 — fixed in r36p0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver r36p0; Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver r32p0; Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r36p0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22706

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