An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver.

published 2023-06-02 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32146

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 r29p0 through r42p0 before r43p0, and Arm's GPU Architecture Gen5 r41p0 through r42p0 before r43p0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

arm avalon_gpu_kernel_driver r43p0
arm valhall_gpu_kernel_driver r43p0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-08)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

References

developer.arm.com /Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28469
NVD CVE-2023-28469

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Summary