CVE-2025-8045 (GCVE-0-2025-8045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-01 10:32 – Updated: 2025-12-01 13:07
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Title
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations
Summary
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 processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r53p0 through r54p1; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r53p0 through r54p1.
Severity ?
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
Arm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver Affected: r53p0 , ≤ r54p1 (patch)
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Credits
Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team
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