CVE-2022-46394 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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. This affects Valhall r39p0 through r41p0 before r42p0, and Avalon r41p0 before r42p0.

Published: 2023-03-08

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:arm:avalon_gpu_kernel_driver:r41p0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49203	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. This affects Valhall r39p0 through r41p0 before r42p0, and Avalon r41p0 before r42p0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00699.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Arm Avalon Gpu Kernel Driver Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T15:11:23.371Z

Reserved: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46394

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-08T19:15:10.613

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:11:41.150

Link: CVE-2022-46394

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416
Use After Free

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