CVE-2023-5091

Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.0
EPSS: EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-01-08
Updated: 2025-05-22
Assigner: Arm
NVD status: Modified

Description

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r37p0 through r40p0.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-57431
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-5091

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2024-AVI-0101 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Android · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ r37p0 ≤ r40p0

Affected products

Product	Versions
Arm Ltd · Valhall GPU Kernel Driver	affected r37p0 ≤ r40p0

References

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

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD