CVE-2022-46394 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This affects Valhall r39p0 through r41p0 before r42p0, and Avalon r41p0 before r42p0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Arm	Avalon Gpu Kernel Driver Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:arm:avalon_gpu_kernel_driver:r41p0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T15:11:23.371Z

Reserved: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46394

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-08T19:15:10.613

Modified: 2025-03-05T16:15:36.350

Link: CVE-2022-46394

Redhat

No data.

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