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CVE-2022-36449
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory, write a limited amount outside of buffer bounds, or to disclose details of memory mappings. This affects Midgard r4p0 through r32p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r38p0 and r39p0 before r38p1, and Valhall r19p0 through r38p0 and r39p0 before r38p1.
Affected products
- Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r0p0 through r38p0; r39p0
- Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r4p0 through r32p0
- Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r38p0; r39p0
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168431/Arm-Mali-Released-Buffer-Use-After-Free.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168432/Arm-Mali-Physical-Address-Exposure.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168433/Arm-Mali-Race-Condition.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168434/Arm-Mali-CSF-Missing-Buffer-Size-Check.html
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168431/Arm-Mali-Released-Buffer-Use-After-Free.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168432/Arm-Mali-Physical-Address-Exposure.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168433/Arm-Mali-Race-Condition.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168434/Arm-Mali-CSF-Missing-Buffer-Size-Check.html
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
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