CVE-2023-6241: arm ltd arm 5th gen gpu architecture kernel driver Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-6241 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in arm ltd arm 5th gen gpu architecture kernel driver. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-03-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 13-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver, 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 to exploit a software race condition to perform improper memory processing operations. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn cause a use-after-free.This issue affects Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r13p0 through r32p0; Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r11p0 through r25p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r25p0, from r29p0 through r46p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r46p0.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.