github - ghsa-7537-p54v-mh3v

ghsa-7537-p54v-mh3v

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-10-01 18:31

Modified

2025-10-22 00:32

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.

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CVE-2023-4211 (GCVE-0-2023-4211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-10-01 17:00

Modified

2025-10-21 23:05

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-416 - Use after free

Summary

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.

References

URL

Tags

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Midgard GPU Kernel Driver

Version: r12p0

	Arm Ltd	Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver	Version: r0p0
	Arm Ltd	Valhall GPU Kernel Driver	Version: r19p0
	Arm Ltd	Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver	Version: r41p0

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