What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-42716

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. There is a use-after-free. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This affects Valhall r29p0 through r40P0.

Affected products

• Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r29p0 through r40p0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170420/Arm-Mali-CSF-KBASE_REG_NO_USER_FREE-Unsafe-Use-Use-After-Free.html
• https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170420/Arm-Mali-CSF-KBASE_REG_NO_USER_FREE-Unsafe-Use-Use-After-Free.html
• https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

Get alerted when CVE-2022-42716 or the next vulnerability affects your stack