Local memory disclosure and modification via use-after-free
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026
Use-after-free in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Drivers allows local users to access freed memory through valid GPU memory-processing operations. Arm reports that a non-privileged process performs otherwise valid GPU memory-processing operations after the driver frees the referenced memory, but it does not disclose the responsible function or lifetime transition. Local access to the Mali GPU device interface is required; the published impact is limited to disclosure and modification of freed memory, with no reported service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Drivers allows local users to access freed memory through valid GPU memory-processing operations. Arm reports that a non-privileged process performs otherwise valid GPU memory-processing operations after the driver frees the referenced memory, but it does not disclose the responsible function or lifetime transition. Local access to the Mali GPU device interface is required; the published impact is limited to disclosure and modification of freed memory, with no reported service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0001
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Arm
- Product
- Valhall GPU Kernel Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-416
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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