CVE-2023-5091 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r37p0 through r40p0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

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 0.00134.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Arm	Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r41p0. Users are recommended to upgrade if they are impacted by this issue.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arm

Published: 2024-01-08T09:23:35.019Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T17:23:43.161Z

Reserved: 2023-09-20T15:57:54.591Z

Link: CVE-2023-5091

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.687Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T10:15:11.233

Modified: 2025-05-22T18:15:30.093

Link: CVE-2023-5091

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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