ARM Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver up to r49p3/r51p0 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ARM Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Valhall GPU Kernel Driver and 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver up to r49p3/r51p0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-0819. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ARM Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Valhall GPU Kernel Driver and 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver up to r49p3/r51p0. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use After Free 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 valid GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r44p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r51p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r44p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r54p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r44p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r54p0.

The weakness was presented by Juhee Kim. The advisory is available at developer.arm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-0819 since 01/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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01/28/2025 🔍
06/02/2025 +124 days 🔍
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06/03/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: developer.arm.com
Researcher: Juhee Kim
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0819 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310818

Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2025 14:01
Updated: 06/03/2025 06:48
Changes: 06/02/2025 14:01 (55), 06/03/2025 06:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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