CVE-2022-38181
Published 2022-10-25 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2022-38181 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 30, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 20, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Arm has 9 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 9 known-exploited Arm vulnerabilities →Description
The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Arm — Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Name: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-03-30 · Due: 2023-04-20
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates

