CVE-2024-0671: Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r49p0; Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver r49p0; Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r49p0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r49p0; Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver r49p0; Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r49p0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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 make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r32p0; Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r7p0 through r48p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r48p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r48p0.
- Published
- Apr 19, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 12th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-416
Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| arm | 5th gen gpu architecture kernel driver | cpe:2.3:a:arm:5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver |
| arm | bifrost gpu kernel driver | cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver |
| arm | midgard gpu kernel driver | cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver |
| arm | valhall gpu kernel driver | cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- arm 5th gen gpu architecture kernel driverr41p0 and later · before r49p0
- arm bifrost gpu kernel driverr7p0 and later · before r49p0
- arm midgard gpu kernel driverr19p0 and later · up to r32p0 inclusive
- arm valhall gpu kernel driverr19p0 and later · before r49p0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Arm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
- r41p0 and later · up to and including r48p0affected · patchfixed in r49p0
Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver
- r7p0 and later · up to and including r48p0affected · patchfixed in r49p0
Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver
- r19p0 and later · up to and including r32p0affected · patch
Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver
- r19p0 and later · up to and including r48p0affected · patchfixed in r49p0
Same product
arm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-4211Mali GPU Kernel Driver Allows Improper GPU Memory Processing OperationsKEV52Plan
- CVE-2023-26083Memory leak vulnerability in Mali GPU Kernel Driver in Midgard GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r6p0 - r32p0, Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver aKEV43Plan
- CVE-2023-6143Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations33Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-5643Feb 5, 2024 · Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-6241Mar 4, 2024 · Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-1065Apr 19, 2024 · Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations23Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver | r49p0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver | r49p0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver | r49p0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-4211201 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver Allows Improper GPU Memory Processing OperationsKEV52Plan
- CVE-2023-614346 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations33Monitor
- CVE-2024-2937108 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations31Monitor
- CVE-2024-4607108 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations31Monitor
- CVE-2024-3655137 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations31Monitor
- CVE-2023-5427140 days apartMali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-416 · Use After FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-416 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
free(dev->buf);
/* ... another thread is still running ... */
process(dev->buf);Fixed
lock(&dev->lock);
free(dev->buf);
dev->buf = NULL;
unlock(&dev->lock);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.