CVE-2025-3212 (GCVE-0-2025-3212)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-08 12:53 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory
Summary
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Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-09 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm Ltd | Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver |
Affected:
r41p0 , ≤ r49p4
(patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r51p0 (patch) |
guessed | |
| Arm Ltd | Valhall GPU Kernel Driver |
Affected:
r41p0 , ≤ r49p4
(patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p0 (patch) |
guessed | |
| Arm Ltd | Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver |
Affected:
r41p0 , ≤ r49p4
(patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p0 (patch) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-09-02 12:50
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