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high 7.7

CVE-2026-9040 json

Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows denial of service or disclosure of sensitive information

published 2026-09-08 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also EUVD-2026-72800

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A race condition vulnerability in 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 process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information.

This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r12p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

Patch / fix

  • Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r56p0
  • Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r56p0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
59 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver
  • Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver
  • Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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