Freed-memory access via improper GPU processing
Published Aug 5, 2024 · Updated Sep 30, 2024
Use-after-free in Arm Bifrost, Valhall, and 5th Gen GPU kernel drivers r41p0 through r49p0 allows local users to access freed memory. The drivers perform improper GPU memory processing that exposes already freed memory, but Arm has not published the responsible function or lifetime error. A non-privileged local process must submit GPU processing operations; the resulting memory access can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Arm Bifrost, Valhall, and 5th Gen GPU kernel drivers r41p0 through r49p0 allows local users to access freed memory. The drivers perform improper GPU memory processing that exposes already freed memory, but Arm has not published the responsible function or lifetime error. A non-privileged local process must submit GPU processing operations; the resulting memory access can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-2937
- Published
- Aug 5, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 30, 2024
- Vendor
- Arm
- Product
- Valhall GPU Kernel Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-416
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 30, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=r41p0 <=r49p0
- Affected versionversion=r41p0 <=r49p0 changes=[{"at":"r50p0","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"r49p1","status":"unaffected"}]
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