{"id":"CVE-2025-0072","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations","description":"Use After Free vulnerability in 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 gain access to already freed memory.\n\nThis issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.","publishedAt":"2025-05-02T09:54:20.441Z","updatedAt":"2025-05-12T15:51:33.923Z","severity":{"score":7.8,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Arm","products":["Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver","Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Arm Ltd","product":"Valhall GPU Kernel Driver","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"r29p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r49p3","changes":[{"at":"r49p4","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"},{"version":"r50p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r53p0","changes":[{"at":"r54p0","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"}]},{"vendor":"Arm Ltd","product":"Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"r41p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r49p3","changes":[{"at":"r49p4","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"},{"version":"r50p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r53p0","changes":[{"at":"r54p0","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"}]}],"references":["https://developer.arm.com/documentation/110465/latest/"],"weaknesses":["CWE-416"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:20.985Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0072.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-0072","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-05-02T09:54:20.441Z","dateUpdated":"2025-05-12T15:51:33.923Z","assignerShortName":"Arm","assignerOrgId":"56a131ea-b967-4a0d-a41e-5f3549952846","dateReserved":"2024-12-13T13:18:00.462Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Use After Free vulnerability in 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 gain access to already freed memory.\n\nThis issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Arm Ltd","product":"Valhall GPU Kernel Driver","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"r29p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r49p3","changes":[{"at":"r49p4","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"},{"version":"r50p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r53p0","changes":[{"at":"r54p0","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"}]},{"vendor":"Arm Ltd","product":"Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"r41p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r49p3","changes":[{"at":"r49p4","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"},{"version":"r50p0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"r53p0","changes":[{"at":"r54p0","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"patch"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://developer.arm.com/documentation/110465/latest/"}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-416","description":"CWE-416 Use After Free","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Arm","orgId":"56a131ea-b967-4a0d-a41e-5f3549952846","dateUpdated":"2025-05-07T10:50:05.134Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Man Yue Mo of GitHub Security Lab"}],"datePublic":"2025-05-02T08:51:00.000Z","solutions":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"This issue has been fixed in the following versions: Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r49p4 and r54p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r49p4, r54p0. 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