Arbitrary physical-memory writes via freelist remapping
Published Jun 2, 2025 · Updated Jun 2, 2025
Improper GPU system-call handling in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK 24.3 and earlier allows local users to write physical memory. A freelist GPU virtual address can be remapped to another reservation or physical-memory resource, directing GPU hardware writes to arbitrary physical pages. Exploitation requires locally installed software running as a non-privileged user on a system using the affected driver, and the resulting writes can corrupt kernel or other protected memory.
Summary
What happened
Improper GPU system-call handling in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK 24.3 and earlier allows local users to write physical memory. A freelist GPU virtual address can be remapped to another reservation or physical-memory resource, directing GPU hardware writes to arbitrary physical pages. Exploitation requires locally installed software running as a non-privileged user on a system using the affected driver, and the resulting writes can corrupt kernel or other protected memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-25179
- Published
- Jun 2, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Imagination Technologies
- Product
- Graphics DDK
- Classifications
- CWE-280, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 2, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.15 RTM
- Affected versionversion=1.17 RTM
- Affected versionversion=1.18 RTM
- Affected versionversion=23.2 RTM <=24.3 RTM
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