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CVE-2022-38181: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-03-30
• EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

Affected products

• Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r0p0 through r38p1; r39p0
• Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r4p0 through r31p0
• Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r38p1; r39p0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
• https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
• https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-38181

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