Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to exploit a software race condition to perform improper memory processing operations. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn cause a use-after-free.This issue affects Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r13p0 through r32p0; Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r11p0 through r25p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r25p0, from r29p0 through r46p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r46p0.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58487 Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to exploit a software race condition to perform improper memory processing operations. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn cause a use-after-free.This issue affects Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r13p0 through r32p0; Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r11p0 through r25p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r25p0, from r29p0 through r46p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r46p0.
Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in the Bifrost Kernel Driver in r26p0, in the Valhall Kernel Driver in releases r26p0 and r47p0, and in the Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver in r47p0. Users are recommended to upgrade if they are impacted by this issue. Please contact Arm support for Midgard GPUs.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.06857}

epss

{'score': 0.07032}


Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arm
Arm 5th Gen Gpu Architecture Kernel Driver
Arm bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver
Arm midgard Gpu Kernel Driver
Arm valhall Gpu Kernel Driver
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:arm:5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Arm
Arm 5th Gen Gpu Architecture Kernel Driver
Arm bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver
Arm midgard Gpu Kernel Driver
Arm valhall Gpu Kernel Driver
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arm

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-13T14:35:52.185Z

Reserved: 2023-11-21T13:54:23.398Z

Link: CVE-2023-6241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.931Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-04T13:15:43.807

Modified: 2025-03-13T15:15:39.600

Link: CVE-2023-6241

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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