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CVE-2026-9040 (GCVE-0-2026-9040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 14:21 – Updated: 2026-09-10 17:55
VLAI
Title
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows denial of service or disclosure of sensitive information
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 17:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r12p0 , ≤ r49p5 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r51p0 (patch)
Affected: r54p1 , ≤ r54p2 (patch)
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Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r19p0 , ≤ r49p5 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p3 (patch)
Affected: r55p0 (patch)
Unaffected: r56p0 (patch)
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Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver Affected: r41p0 , ≤ r49p5 (patch)
Affected: r50p0 , ≤ r54p3 (patch)
Affected: r55p0 (patch)
Unaffected: r56p0 (patch)
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