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CVE-2022-38181

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.

Published

2022-10-25T19:15:11.487

Last Modified

2025-10-22T00:18:07.900

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416
Type: Secondary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	arm	bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver	≤ r38p1	Yes
Application	arm	bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver	r39p0	Yes
Application	arm	midgard_gpu_kernel_driver	≤ r31p0	Yes
Application	arm	valhall_gpu_kernel_driver	≤ r38p1	Yes
Application	arm	valhall_gpu_kernel_driver	r39p0	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-38181 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)