CVE-2026-11891: arm ltd arm 5th gen gpu architecture userspace driver Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-11891 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Use After Free vulnerability in arm ltd arm 5th gen gpu architecture userspace driver. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 10-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver allows a non-privileged user process to perform valid GPU processing operations, including via WebGL or WebGPU, to access already freed memory. This issue affects Valhall GPU Userspace Driver: from r46p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver: from r46p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

• 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.